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| Random Access Memory- memory that stores program instuctions and data temporarily. |
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| Graphic User Interface- a user interface based on graphical displays. |
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| info in a form that can be read, used, and manipulated by a computer. |
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| Domain Name System- a system that translates a computer's numberical IP address into a name that a user can read. |
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| a program or device that decides how to route Internet transmissions. |
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| a unqiue string of 4 numbers separated by periods that serve as a unique address for the computer on the Internet. |
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| Wireless Area Network- a network that extends over a long area. Each site is a node on the network. |
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| Local Area Network- mulitple personal computers connected on a network. |
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| Internet Service Provider- a business that provides its customers with Internet connections. |
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| Wireless Equivalency Privacy- encryptions that improves the security of wireless networks. |
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| socket that allows info to pass in and out |
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| software or hardware that portects internal networks from unauthorized users |
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| a typeface font in which the characters are embellished with fine lines at the end of the main stroke. |
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| a type of info or labor sharing device in which a task is outsourced to a large community of people |
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| the discovery and extraction fof hidden predictive info from large databases. |
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| Digital Rights Movement- technology now being used in music files to protect musician's rights. |
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| Computer Style Sheet- web markup language that gives users and web developers more control over how a web page is displayed and allows reformatting in a quicker fashion than HTML. |
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| memory that is gone the second you turn the computer off |
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| Dynamic Random Access Memory |
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| completely turn off the computer |
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| basic input output software- tests everything out and loads the boot sector |
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| Windows Icons Menus, Pointing. |
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| rules, codes, and messages that need to be set up in order for two networks to become connected with one another. |
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| s a method by which multiple analog message signals or digital data streams are combined into one signal over a shared medium. |
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| developed in 1983 by Shneiderman which involves continuous representation of objects of interest and rapid, reversible, and incremental actions & feedback. The intention is to allow a user to directly manipulate objects presented to them, using actions that correspond at least loosely to the physical world. An example of direct-manipulation is resizing a graphical shape, such as a rectangle, by dragging its corners or edges with a mouse. |
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| first PC designed for business. Used metaphor WYSIWYG for simplicity. |
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| 1st computer to use the desktop metaphor and graphical user interface. Used laser printing. |
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| online paper. Commonly seen on ebooks and iPads |
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| Relative cell references are basic cell references that adjust and change when copied or when using AutoFill. Example- SUM on Excel |
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| Situations arise in which the cell reference must remain the same when copied or when using AutoFill. Dollar signs are used to hold a column and/or row reference constant. Example- B$14C$13 |
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| Collaborative Filtering Algorithm |
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| is the process of filtering for information or patterns using techniques involving collaboration among multiple agents, viewpoints, data sources. Applications of collaborative filtering typically involve very large data sets. |
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| is a United States copyright law that implements two 1996 treaties of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works. |
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| is the process by which components of a system are exercised prior to being placed in service (and often, prior to the system being completely assembled from those components). |
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