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| a magnetically coated ribbon of plastic housed in a tape cartridge capable of storing large amounts of data and information 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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| Portable storage medium that consists of a flat, round, portable disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is written and read by a laser |
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| (compact disc read-only memory) is a type of optical disc that users can read but not write on or erase. |
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| (compact disc-recordable) is an optical disc onto which you can record your own items such as text, graphics, and audio. |
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| (compact disc-rewriteable) is an erasable optical disc you can write on multiple times. |
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| (digital versatile disk-read-only memory) is a very high-capacity optical disc capable of storing 4.7GB to 17GB. |
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| solid-state media, which means they consist entirely of electronics (chips, wires, etc.) and contain no moving parts. |
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| sometimes called a pen drive or a thumb drive, is a flash memory storage device that plugs into a USB port on a computer or mobile device |
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| is similar in size to a credit card or ATM card, stores data on a thin microprocessor embedded in the card. |
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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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| telephone lines, cables, cellular radio networks, and satellites. |
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| they have no physical lines or wires. |
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| consists of programs to control the operations of computer equipment. |
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| tell the computer how to perform the functions of loading, storing, and executing an application program and how to transfer data. |
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| when a computer is turned on, the operating system is loaded into the computer’s memory from auxiliary storage. |
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| (GUI) provides visual cues such as icon symbols to help the user. |
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| represents an application such as word processor, or a file or document where data is stored. |
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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 users 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 group. |
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| collection of computers and devices connected together, often wirelessly, via communication devices and transmission media. |
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| when a computer connects to a network. |
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| (LAN) a network that connects computers in a limited geographic area, such as school computer laboratory, office, or group of buildings. |
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| A network that covers a large geographical area, such as one that connects the district offices of a national corporation. |
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| A worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. |
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| (internet service provider) An organization, such as cable company or telephone company, that supplies connections to the Internet for a monthly fee. |
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| (online service provider) provides access to the Internet, but it also provides a variety of other specialized content and services such as news, weather, financial data, e-mail, games, and more. |
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| (wireless internet service provider) A company that provides wireless Internet access to computers and mobile devices such as smart phones and PDAs. |
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| Contains billions of documents called web pages. |
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| Can contain text, graphics, audio, and video, and has built-in connections, or links, to other Web documents. |
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| Related collection of web pages. |
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| Visitors to a web site access and view web pages using this software program. |
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| (URL) A web page's unique address. |
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| Stands for hypertext transfer protocol. The communications standard used to transfer pages on the Web. |
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| A computer that delivers (serves) requested Web Pages |
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| When you conduct business activities online, you are participating in electronic commerce. |
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| Business to consumer (B2C) |
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| Involves the sale of goods to the general public. |
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| Consumer to consumer (C2C) |
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| Involves one consumer selling directly to another. |
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| Business to business (B2B) |
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| Provides goods and services to other businesses. |
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