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a programmable, electronic device that does the following:
Accepts data
Performs operations on data
Presents the results
Stores data or results as needed |
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| Four operations of a computer |
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Input
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| When data is modified or processed into a meaningful form |
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| The physical parts of a computer (the parts you can touch) |
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| Programs or instructions used to tell the computer hardware what to do and to allow people to use a computer to perform specific tasks |
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| Data, applications, and even resources stored on computers accessed over the Internet—in a “cloud” of computers—rather than on users’ computers, and you access only what you need when you need it |
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| A tiny computer embedded into a product designed to perform specific tasks or functions for that product. |
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| A very small communications device, such as a mobile phone, that has built-in computing or Internet capability. |
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| A small computer designed to be used by one person at a time. |
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| a medium-sized computer used to host programs and data for a small network. |
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| Standard protocol identifier |
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| the way computers are designed to communicate |
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| personal area network (PAN) |
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| a network of personal devices for one individual that is designed to enable those devices to communicate and share data. |
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| a network that covers a relatively small geographical area, such as a home, an office building, or a school. |
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| metropolitan area network (MAN) |
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| network designed to service a metropolitan area, typically a city or county. |
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| a network that covers a large geographical area. |
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| a private network, such as a company LAN, that is designed to be used by an organization’s employees and is set up like the Internet with data posted on Web pages that are accessed with a Web browser. |
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| intranet available to outsiders |
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| the amount of data that can be transferred at one time |
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| in which data is represented by only two discrete states: 0's and 1's |
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