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| A backup is a copy of a file |
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| Measurement of speed at which a signal is transmitted between computers and servers. The unit of band width is bits per second. |
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| A website saved for future reference on the browser. |
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| Fast internet connection. |
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| An error in a computer program. |
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| A small file placed on the hard drive of your computer by the server of a website you have visited. When you revisit the site the cookie identifies you and customised web pages can be provided. |
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| A device that captures images and stores them as digital files. |
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| The gap in society between those who have access to the new technology and those who do not. |
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| To copy or save a file to your own computer from another server. |
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| A digital ticket. The term is most commonly associated with airline issued tickets. |
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| A company that sells goods and a customer pays for them via a website. |
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| Illegal unauthorised access to a computer system. |
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| Internet Service Provider (for example BT and Virgin Media) |
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| a high speed way of transmitting digital data through a telephone line or a fibre optic cable |
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| A file extension for audio. |
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| A group of computers connected together. |
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| A device that is not part of the main computer for example a printer. |
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| To copy a file from a client computer to a server |
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| A small computer program, capable of copying itself and therefore transferring from one computer to another. |
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| A system in which all computer programs and data is stored on a central server owned by a company. |
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| A device that is used to carry out functions originally performed by another device. |
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| A disk that enables the recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video and storing large amounts of data. |
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| Content sent in compressed form over the Internet and displayed by the viewer in real time. |
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