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| A program that allows a computer, tablet, or smartphone to do a certain task. |
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| Boolean, or boolean logic, is a subset of algebra used for creating true/false statements. |
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| A Web browser, often just called a "browser," is the program people use to access the World Wide Web. |
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| The act or process of communicating; fact of being communicated. |
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| A digital camera is a similar to a traditional film-based camera, but it captures images digitally. |
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| A video camera that captures its media digitally. |
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| This is the process in which data is sent to your computer. |
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| E-mail is part of the standard TCP/IP set of protocols. Sending messages is typically done by SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) and receiving messages is handled by POP3 (Post Office Protocol 3), or IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol). IMAP is the newer protocol, allowing you to view and sort messages on the mail server, without downloading them to your hard drive. |
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| The pysical parts connected to the computer or device. |
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| Stands for "Hyper-Text Markup Language." This is the language that Web pages are written in. |
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| A hyperlink is a word, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document. |
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| Today, the Internet spreads across the globe and consists of countless networks and computers, allowing millions of people to share information. Data that travels long distances on the Internet is transferred on huge lines known collectively as the Internet backbone. |
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| a branch of knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and showing the operation of general laws |
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| Computer software is a general term that describes computer programs. Related terms such as software programs, applications, scripts, and instruction sets all fall under the category of computer software. Therefore, installing new programs or applications on your computer is synonymous with installing new software on your computer. |
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| When you surf the web you are browsing your websites that you like. |
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| Using science to create a tool to help solve a problem. |
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| Stands for "Uniform Resource Locator." A URL is the address of a specific Web site or file on the Internet. |
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| Like a biological virus, a computer virus is something you don't want to get. Computer viruses are small programs or scripts that can negatively affect the health of your computer. These malicious little programs can create files, move files, erase files, consume your computer's memory, and cause your computer not to function correctly. Some viruses can duplicate themselves, attach themselves to programs, and travel across networks. In fact opening an infected e-mail attachment is the most common way to get a virus. |
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| Stands for "World Wide Web." It is important to know that this is not a synonym for the Internet. |
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