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A preliminary sketch of an idea or model for something new. It's the original drawing from which something real might be built or created. |
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A question to which there are only two possible answers. |
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| A contraction of "Binary digit". A bit is the single unit of information in a computer, typically represented as a 0 or 1. |
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| (Sometimes written bitrate) the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. e.g. 8 bits/sec. |
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| A set of rules and standards governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices. |
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| Transmission capacity measured by bit rate |
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| Time it takes for a bit to travel from its sender to its receiver |
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| ASCII- American standard code |
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| To write code, or to write instructions for a computer |
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| Request for comments (RFC) |
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| A formal document for the internet Engineering task force (IETF) that is the result of committee drafting and subsequent review by interest parties. Some RFCs are informational in nature, documents are how standards and protocols are defined and published for all to see on the IETF website http://ietf.org |
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| A number assigned to any item that is connected to the internet. |
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| Small chunks of information that have been carefully formed from larger chunks of information. |
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| A computer device which receives messages traveling across a network and redirects them towards their intended destination based on the addressing information included with the message. |
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| Transmission control protocol, manages all the sending and receiving of data packets like a dependable mail service. |
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| Domain name server, system the internets system for converting alphabetic url names into numeric IP addresses. |
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| Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) is the protocol used by the world wide web. It describes how messages are formatted and interchanged and how wen servers respond to commands. |
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| Reducing information and detail to focus on essential characteristics. |
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| A computer that awaits and responds to requests from data. |
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| A computer that requests data stored on a server. |
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| The principle that all internet traffic should be treated equally by internet service providers. |
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| Is the control or suppression of what of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the internet enacted by regulator, or on their own initiative... other areas of censorship include copyrights, defamation, harassment, and obscene material. Support for and opposition to internet censorship also varies. |
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| is the monitoring of computer activity and data stored on hard drive, or data being transferred over computer networks such as the internet. The monitoring is often carried out covertly and may be completed by governments, corporation criminal organizations, or individuals. |
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| A problem solving approach (algorithm) to find to find a satisfactory solution where finding an optimal or exact solution is impractical or impossible |
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| A type of data used for graphics or pictures |
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| Data that describes other data. For example a digital image may include metadata that describes the size of the image number of colors or resolution |
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| Short for "picture element" it is the fundamental unit of a digital image, typically a tiny square or dot which contains a single point of color of a larger image. |
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Hexadecimal Number System |
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| A Base 16 numbering system. A number system consisting of 16 distinct symbols — 0-9 and A-F — which can occur in each place value. |
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| A compression scheme in which “useless” or less-than-totally-necessary information is thrown out in order to reduce the size of the data. The eliminated data is unrecoverable. |
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| A compression scheme in which “useless” or less-than-totally-necessary information is thrown out in order to reduce the size of the data. The eliminated data is unrecoverable. |
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| Removing unnecessary details to focus on the essential characteristics. To break problems up into separate parts which can then be solved separately and recombined to form a complete solution. To focus on and use |
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