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| A rigid, magnetic sensitive disc that spins rapidly and continuously inside the computer chassis, or in a separate box attached to the computer. Used as a storage device. |
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| A program designed to help users view particular types of graphics, animations, audio, or video, that can’t be played by the browser. |
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| Menus that organizes commands into compact efficient sub manuals. |
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| A rigid, magnetic sensitive disc that spins rapidly and continuously inside the computer chassis, or in a separate box attached to the computer. Used as a storage device. |
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| a programming language that falls somewhere between natural human languages and precise machine language developed to streamline and simplify the programming process. |
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| Computer that provides services to multiple users |
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| To remove and replace peripheral devices without powering down the computer and peripherals. Some modern interface standards such as USB and Firewire allow hot swap. |
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| HTML (hypertext markup language) |
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| An HTML document is a text file that includes codes that describes the format, layout, and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with HTML. |
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| devices that allow nodes on the local area network to communicate, through only a single message at a time. Can move across the network. |
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| a combination of text, numbers, graphics, animations, sound effects, music, and other media in hyperlink documents. |
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| a direct connect digital line that transmit voice, data and video even faster than the T1 connection. |
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| TCP/IP(transmission control protocol/internet protocol) |
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| protocols developed as an experiment in internet working narrow the language of the internet, allowing cross network communication for almost every type of computer and network. |
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| the use of multiple cameras and high speed networks to create an environment in which multiple remote users can interact with each other and with computer generated objects. |
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| Terminal emulation software |
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| software that allows a pc to act as a dumb terminal- an input/output device that enables the user to send commands to view information on the host computer. |
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| TCP/IP(transmission control protocol/internet protocol) |
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| protocols developed as an experiment in internet working narrow the language of the internet, allowing cross network communication for almost every type of computer and network. |
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| technique by which mainframe computers communicate with several users simultaneously |
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| series of concentric units of data or memory on a hard disk |
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| color that is 24-bit or greater allowing more than 16 million color choices per pixel, creating photo realistic images. |
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| the automatic creation of in between frames in an animation. |
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| a type of LAN cable that resemble a copper wire in standard telephone cables. |
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| all type, including roman, bold, and italics of a single design such as Palantino or Helvitica. |
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| all type, including roman, bold, and italics of a single design such as Palantino or Helvitica. |
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| a low-powered short ranged wireless technologies that transmit ultra-high speed signals over a wide spectrum of frequencies |
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| a 65000 character set for making letters, digits, and special characters fit into the computers binary circuitry. |
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| power supply: a hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures. |
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| an operating system that allows a timesharing computer to communicate with several computers or termials at once. UNIX is the most widely avaible operating system in use. It is also widely used on internet host |
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| a new high-speed version of USB that offers faster transfer rates of 480 megabits per second. |
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| unique name or number assigned by the operating system to a particular computer user. |
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| software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system. |
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