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31 Cards in this Set
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BITS |
THE SMALLEST UNITS OF INFO INSIDE THE COMPUTER EACH REPRESENTED EITHER BY THE DIGIT "0" OR "1", 8 BITS EQUAL 1 BYTE |
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BROWSERS |
SOFTWARE PROGRAMS THAT ALLOW USERS TO VIEW WEB PAGES ON THE INTERNET |
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BYTE |
A UNIT OF DATA THAT CONTAINS 8 BINARY DIGITS, OR BITS |
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CURSOR |
A SYMBOL ON THE MONITOR SCREEN THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF THE NEXT CHARACTER TO BY TYPED |
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APPLICATION SOFTWARE |
COMPUTER PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PERFORM SPECIFIC TASKS |
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLEGENCE |
THE ASPECT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE THAT DEALS WITH COMPUTERS TAKING ON ATTRI OF HUMANS, SUCH AS MINICK HUMAN THOUGHT |
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BACKUP |
ANY TYPE OF STORAGE THAT PREVENTS THE LOSS OF FILES WITH HARD DISK FAILURE |
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BOOKMARK |
A COMMAND IN A BROWSER THAT MARKS THE INTERNET PROTOCOL, ADDRESS OF THE WEBSITE SO THAT IT CAN BE SAVED |
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CACHE |
SPECIAL HIGH-SPEED STORAGE THAT EITHER CAN BE PART OF THE COMPUTER'S MAIN MEMORY OR SEPARATE STORAGE DEVICE |
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COOKIES |
MESSAGES SENT TO A WEB BROWSER FROM A WEB SERVER THAT IDENTIFY USERS AND PREPARE CUSTOM WEB PAGES FOR THEM |
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CYPERSPACE |
THE NONPHYSICAL SPACE OF THE ONLINE WORLD OF COMPUTER NETWORKS IN WHICH COMM TAKES PLACE |
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DATABASE |
A COLLECTION OF RELATED FILES THAT SERVES AS A FOUNDATION FOR RETRIEVING INFORMATION |
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DIGITAL VIDEO DISK |
AN OPTICAL DISK THAT HOLDS APPROXIMATLEY 28XS MORE INFORMATION THAT A CD |
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DISK DRIVERS |
DEVICES THAT LOAD A PROGRAM OR DATA STORED ON A DISK INTO THE COMPUTER |
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DOMAIN NAME |
THE INITIAL PART OF A URL LISTING; THE DOMAIN AND NAME OF THE HOST OR SERVER |
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E-COMMERCE |
SHORT FOR ELECTRONIC COMMERCE, USED TO DESCRIBE THE SALE AND PURCHASE OF GOODS AND SERVICES OVER THE INTERNET |
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FLASH DRIVE |
A SMALL, PORTABLE DEVICE THAT CAN CARRY 2 TO 8 GIGABYTES OF INFO, THAT PLUGS TO THE USB DRIVE |
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COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTED OVER THE COMPUTER |
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GIGABYTE |
APPROX 1 BILLION BYTES |
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HARDWARE |
THE PHYSICAL COMPONENTS OF THE COMPUTER SYSTEM SUCH AS THE CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT, MONITOR, AND PRINTER |
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HTML |
THE ACRONYM FOR HYPERTEXT MARKEUP THE LANGUAGE TO CREATE DOCUMENTS FOR THE INT |
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HTTP |
HYPERTEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL, WHICH DEFINES HOW MESSAGES ARE FORMATTED AND TRANSMITTED OVER THE INTERNET |
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ICONS |
PICTURES, OFTEN ON THE MONITOR SCREEN DESKTOP THAT REPRESENTS PROGRAMS OR OBJECTS |
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KILOBYTE |
APPROX 1,024 BYTES |
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MEGAHERTZ |
THE MEASURING DEVICE FOR MICROPROCERS. A MEGAHERTS IS 1 MILLION CYCLES OF ELECTROMAGNETIC CURRENCY ALTERATION PER SECOND |
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MEGABYTE |
APPROX 1 BILLION BYTES |
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NOTEBOOK |
A SMALLER , THINNER AND LIGHTER DEVICE "LAPTOP" |
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OUTPUT |
INFORMATION PROCESSED BY THE COMPUTER AND TRANSMITTED TO A MONITOR PRINTER OR OTHER DEVICE |
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QUERIES |
REQUESTS INFO FROM A DATABASE |
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ROUTER |
A DEVICE USED TO CONNECT TO ANY NUMBER OF LANS WHICH COMMUNICATION WITH OTHER ROUTERS |
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TERABYTE |
APPROX 1 TRILLION BYTES |
