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| Stands for Compact Disc Read Only Memory, it is a type of optical disc that users can read but not write or erase. |
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| A device that reads CD-ROMs |
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| An optical disc onto which you can record your own items such as text, graphics, and audio. |
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| An erasable optical disc you can write on many times |
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| Stands for Digital Versatile Disk Read Only Memory, its like a CD-ROM except it's high capacity capable of storing things from 4.7GB - 17 GB of data. |
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| A device that reads DVD-ROMs |
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| A single layer DVD-ROM in competition with DVD+R |
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| A multi-layered DVD-ROM that is competition with the DVD-R |
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| High Definition DVD-ROM that has higher quality and capacity. |
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| A magnetically coated ribbon of plastic housed in a tape cartridge and stores high amounts of data at a low cost. |
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| Miniature Mobile Storage Media |
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| rewriteable media usually in the form of a flash memory card, USB Flash Drive, or a smart card. |
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| solid-state media which means it consists of electronics such as wires, chips, and other things. |
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| sometimes called a pen drive or thumb drive is a flash memory device that is portable |
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| similar to the size of a credit card, stores data on a thin microprocessor embedded inside. |
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| A hardware component that enables a computer to send and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers. |
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| helps communications by telephone lines, cables, cellular radio, and satellite. |
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| Tells the computer how to perform the functions of loading, storing, and executing an application program and how to transfer data. |
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| The OS is loaded into the computers memory from auxiliary storage |
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| GUI for short, provides visual cues such as icon symbols to help the user. |
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| An image that can represent applications and documents with pictures. |
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| consists of programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks |
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| Used to create, edit, format, and print documents. |
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| Electronic spreadsheet software |
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| allows the user to add, subtract, and perform user-defined calculations on rows and columns of numbers. |
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| Allows the user to enter, retrieve, and update data in an organized and efficient manner. |
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| Presentation graphics software |
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| allows the user to create slides for use in a presentation to a group |
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| A collection of computers and devices connected together, often wirelessly, via communications devices and transmission media. |
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| Stands for Local Area Network. A network that covers a small geographic area such as a library or school. |
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| Stands for Wide Area Network. A network that covers a large geographic area. |
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| A worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. |
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| Stands for Internet Service Provider. Someone that provides access to internet like AOL. |
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| Stands for Online Service Provider, same as an ISP with outher things for users like games, e-mail, etc. Ex: AOL, MSN, Comcast |
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| Stands for Wireless Internet Service Provider, this technology is used in cell phones, and PDA's |
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| Also called the Web, contains billions of documents called web pages. |
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| Can contain text, graphics, audio, and video, and has built-in connections. |
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| a group of web pages that are related to another |
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| A tool that views web sites and pages. |
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| Uniform Resource Locator, is a web page's address so you can view it each time you visit the URL |
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| HyperText Transfer Protocol |
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| the communications standard used to transfer pages on the web |
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| a computer that delivers requested pages. |
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Businesses commercializing on the Internet. There are 3 kinds;
B2C - Business to Consumer
C2C - Consumer to Consumer
B2B - Business to Business |
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