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| SHARED DIGITAL SYSTEMS ALLOW BUSINESSES TO COLLABORAE WITH SUPPLIERS, ENGINEERS, MANUFACTURERS, AND SALES REPS TO IMPROVE PLANNING, PRODUCTON AND DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS & SERVICES. |
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| TRANSMIT INFORMATION TO OTHERS EITHER SIMULTANEOUSLY OR ON A DELAYED BASIS. PARTICIPATION CAN BE ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE. |
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| USERS WITH DC SOFTWARE CAN VIEW, REVISE, AND SAVE CHANGES TO TEXT, GRAPHICS, DRAWINGS, IMAGES AND MATERIAL SHARED ON A WHITEBOARD - IN REAL TIME. |
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| IDENTIFIES HOST OR SERVER THAT SERVICES THE E-MAIL AND CONTAINS SUBDOMAINS SEPARATED BY A PERIOD. |
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| e-BUSINESS (ELECTONIC BUSINESS) |
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| THE INTERNAL INTEGRATION TO ENHANCE AND SUPPORT COMMUNICATION & BUSINESS OPERATIONS ELECTRONICALLY. |
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| e-COMMERCE (ELECTRONIC COMMERCE) |
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| CONDUCTING BUSINESS ONLINE PRIMARILY OVER THE INTERNET. |
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| EDI (ELECTONIC DATA INTERCHANGE) |
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| COMPUTER-TO-COMPUTER EXCHANGE OF DOCUMENTS BETWEEN TWO BUSINESSES. |
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| ORGANIZATION-WIDE INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT INTEGRATES KEY BUSINESS PROCESSES FOR FREE FLOW OF INFORMATION BETWEEN DIVISIONS. |
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| LIMITED ACCESS TO AUTHORIZED USERS OUTSIDE THE COMPANY. |
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| FTP (FILE TRANSFER PROTOCOL) |
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| USED TO UPLOAD & DOWNLOAD FILES. |
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| INCLUDES ALL SOFTWARE FOR SHARING, ELECTRONIC MEETINGS & SCHEDULING, IN AN ANYTIME-ANYWHERE ENVIRONMENT. |
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| HTML (HYPERTEXT MARKUP LANGUAGE) |
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| FORMATS DOCUMENTS AND UTILIZES HYPERTEXT LINKS TO OTHER STORED ON A LAN OR WAN. |
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| LETS INDIVIDUALS KNOW WHEN A COLLEAGUE IS ONLINE IN ORDER TO EXCHANGE MESSAGES IN REAL TIME. |
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| OLD ARPANET (DEFENSE DEPT) USED TO LINK SCIENTISTS AND PROFESSORS. IN 1990 EVOLVED INTO INTERNET. |
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| CALLS INTERFACE WITH TRADITIONAL PHONES AND OTHER INTERNET PHONES. |
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| INTERNET RELAY CHAT (IRC) |
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| GENERAL CHAT PROGRAM FOR THE INTERNET. |
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| ISP(INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER) |
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| COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION W/PERMANENT CONNECTIONS TO INTERNET SELLING TEMPORARY CONNECTIONS TO SUBSCRIBERS. MORE THAN 3,000 ISPs WORLDWIDE. |
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| CLOSED, PRIVATE VERSION OF INTERNET AVAILABLE ONLY TO APPROVED EMPLOYEES. |
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| FORUMS AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS TO JOIN TO CHAT ON TOPIC OF THEIR CHOICE. |
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| REQUIRED NEWSREADER SOFTWARE (TO READ POSTED MESSAGES) IS AVAILABLE ON MOST BROWSERS. SINCE USER NEEDS TO "SEEK" OUT THE INFORMATION, IT IS REFERRED TO AS "PULL" TECHNOLOGY. |
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| INFORMATION AUTOMATICALLY SENT TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS ON LISTSERV. |
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| TOOLS TO HELP USERS FIND INFORMATION OR SERVICES ON WEB. |
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| TRANSLATING SOUND INTO DIGITAL SIGNALS. TRANSMITTING & CONVERTING SIGNALS BACK TO SOUND AT RECEIVING END. (ALSO REFERRED TO AS COMPUTER HARDWARE/SOFTWARE PERFORMING TRADITIONAL FUNCTIONS OF TELEPHONE COMPANY. |
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| URL (UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR) |
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UNIQUE ADDRESS ON WEB REQUIREING A UNIQUE NAME. (I.E. .COM, .GOV,.EDU,
.NET, .ORG). |
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| ONE-WAY OR TWO-WAY FULL MOTION HOOK-UP. |
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| USED TO NAVIGATE ON WEB, PROGRAM CODED IN HTML. |
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| HYPERLINKED DOCUMENTS DISPLAYING TEXT, ANIMATION, MULTIMEDIA AND INTERACTIVE ENVIRONMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL AND TEAM ACTIVITIES. |
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| ALL OF OF THE WEB PAGES MAINTAINED BY ONE ORGANIZATION OR INDIVIDUAL. |
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| SYSTEM OF UNIVERSALLY ACCEPTED STANDARDS FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, FORMATTING AND DISPLAYING INFORMATION ON THE NET (CYBER) WORLD. |
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