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| the act of putting to a special use or purpose |
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| a logic based on Boolean algebra |
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| - a software program that allows the user to find and read encoded documents in a form suitable for display |
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| a document or message imparting news, views, information, etc. |
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| CPU (Central Processing Unit) |
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| the key component of a computer system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions |
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| a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal |
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| a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition |
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| to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer |
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| a system for sending messages from one individual to another via telecommunications links between computers or terminals |
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| the mechanical equipment necessary for conducting an activity, usually distinguished from the theory and design that make the activity possible |
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| hypertext mark-up language |
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| a unit in a communications system, as a radio relay station or a television booster station |
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| a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide |
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| systematic knowledge of the physical or material world gained through observation and experimentation |
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| the programs used to direct the operation of a computer |
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| to search haphazardly, as for information on a computer network or an interesting program on television |
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| the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science |
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| Uniform Resource Locator; an address that identifies a particular file on the internet |
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| a segment of self-replicating code planted illegally in a computer program, often to damage or shut down a system or network |
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