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| CD-Rom (Compact disc read-only memory) |
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| is type of optical disc that users can read but not write on (record) or erase. |
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| CD-R (Compact disc- recordable) |
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| is an optical disc which you can record your own items such as text, graphics, and audio. |
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| CD-RW (Compact disc- Rewriteable) |
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| is an erasable optical disc you can write on multiple times. |
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| DVD- ROM (digital Versatile disk- read only memory) |
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| is a very high- capacity optical disc capable of storing from 4.7 GB to 17 GB- more then enough to hold a telephone book containing every resident in the united states |
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| is 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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| is used to read from and write on a tape |
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| Miniature mobile storage media |
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| are rewriteable media usually in the form of a flash memory card, USB flash drive, or a smart card. |
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| Flash memory cards are solid |
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| 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 thumb drive, is a flash memory storage device that plugs into a USB port on a computer or mobile device. |
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| which 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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| is a hardware component that enables a computer to send (transmit) and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers. |
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| consists of programs to control the operations of computer equipment. |
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| An important part of system software is a set of programs called the operating system, instructions in the operating system 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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| 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 the user 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 to a group |
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| is a collection of computers and devices connected together often wirelessly, via communications devices and transmission media. When a computer connects to a network, it is online |
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| a network that covers a large geographical area, such as one that connects the district offices of a national corparation is called a wide area network (WAN) |
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| , which is a worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals |
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| An ISP (Internet service provider) |
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| is an organization, such as a cable company or telephone company, that supplies connections to the internet for a monthly fee. |
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| Online service provider (OSP) |
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| 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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| A wireless Internet service provider (WISP) |
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| is a company that provides wireless Internet access to computers and mobile devices such as smart phones and PDA`s |
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| also called the web, which 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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| is a related collection of web pages. |
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| is a software program used by visitors to access and view web pages |
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| has a unique address, called a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) |
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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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| services to other businesses |
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