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| is a 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. Some kinds of optical disks are CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD+RW, and DVD+RAM. |
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| (compact disc read-only memory) is a type of optical disk that users can read but not write on (record) or erase. |
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| nsert the disc in it. That is how it that CD-ROM is read. |
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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-rewritable) is an erasable optical disc you can write on multiple times. |
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| Type: Readable and writable |
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| Type: readable, writable, and erasable |
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| DVD-ROM, BD-ROM, and HD DVD-ROM |
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| DVD-R, DVD+R, BD-R, and HD DVD-RW |
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| Type: readable, writable, and erasable |
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| (digital versatile disk-read-only memory) is a very high-capacity optical disc capable of storing from 4.7 GB to 17 GB. You cannot write on discs with the DVD format. |
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| To read a DVD-ROM you need one of these. |
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| Blu-Ray (BD-ROM) and HD-DVD |
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| Are competing DVD formats, each with storage capacities up to 4.7 GB per side, that allow users to erase and write (record) many times. |
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| Are competing higher-capacity rewritable DVD formats. |
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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 rewritable media usually in the form of flash memory card, USB flash drive, or a smart card. |
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| Are solid-state media, which means they consist entirely of electronics and contains 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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| 64 MB to 16 GB, Digital cameras, PDAs smart phones, photo printers, portable media players, notebook computers, desktop computers. |
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| 64 MB to 16 GB, Digital cameras, PDAs smart phones, photo printers, portable media players, notebook computers, desktop computers. |
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| 64 MB to 16 GB, Digital cameras, PDAs smart phones, photo printers, portable media players, notebook computers, desktop computers. |
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| 64 MB to 2 GB, Digital cameras and photo printers. |
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| 64 MG to 4 GB, Digital cameras, digital video cameras, PDAs, smart phones, photo printers, and portable media players. |
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| 256 MG to 4 GB, Digital cameras, digital video cameras, PDAs, photo printers, smart phones, handheld game consoles, notebook computers. |
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| 128 MB to 4 GB, Digital cameras, smart phones, handheld game consoles. |
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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 and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers. |
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| Such as telephone lines, cables, cellular radio networks, and satellites. |
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| Means 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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| Tells 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 computers memory form auxiliary storage. |
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| Graphical User Interface (GUI) |
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| They provide visual cues such as icon symbols to help the user. |
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| Represents an application such as word processing, or a file or document where data is stored. |
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| Consists or programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks. |
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| Is used to created, 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-designed calculations on rows and columns of numbers. |
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| Allows the user to enter, retrieve, and update data in an organization 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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| When a computer connects to a network. |
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| A network that connects computers in a limited geographic area, such as a 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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| Is a worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. |
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| 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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| 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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| 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 PDAs. |
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| Or web, contains billions of documents called web pages. |
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| It 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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| Visitors to a web site access and view web pages using this software. |
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| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) |
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| A web page has a unique address call URL. |
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| Portal, news, informational, business/marketing, educational, entertainment, advocacy, blog, wiki, social network, content aggregator, or personal. |
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| Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
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| Or HTTP, is the communications standard used to transfer pages on the web. |
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| Is a computer that delivers (serves) requested web pages. |
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| When you conduct business activities online, you are participating in electronic commerce or e-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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