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storage technology
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any type of device or medium in which information can be maintained for later retrieval
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mediated communication
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communication that takes place through a medium, such as writing or recording, as opposed to unmediated communication, such as face-to-face discussions
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sequential-access memory
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a type of medium in which a reader, viewer, or user must go through the medium in the order received in order to find specific information
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random-access memory (RAM)
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usually used for a type of computer memory and abbreviated to RAM, in storage-technology terms it is a type of medium that allows for a reader or viewer to randomly obtain specific pieces of content by doing searches, using an index or taking come other action
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byte
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the most common base unit used to measure computer storage and information, it consists of eight bits, in a combination of 0's and 1's to from letters numbers and all modes of computer information that are displayed
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optical storage
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uses light in the form of lasers to store and read data of all types whether text, audio, or video. Using light is highly efficient: it permits storage devices to record vastly greater amounts of data in small spaces and enables faster retrieval of the stored data than from magnetic storage devices
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nanotechnology
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a cutting-edge field of technology research that involves items that are nanometers in length and that promises to revolutionize many fields ranging from electronics to information storage and even medicine
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MPEG
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Moving Picture Experts Group, established in 1988 and responsible for creating the standards for digital and audio compression. The abbreviation is also used to denote the types of compression such as MPEG-1, MPEG-4 and so on
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MP3
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Stands for MPEG-1, Audio Layer-III, a file-storage format for digital audio recordings
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keyword auction
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One method in search engine marketing in which companies bid for words and pay the search engine a certain amount every time the word is searched and their listing is clicked on
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search engine optimization (SEO)
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a strategy that utilizes website design, careful choice of keywords, links, and other techniques to show prominently in online searches
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search engine marketing (SEM)
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a strategy that utilizes website design, careful choice of keywords, links, and other techniques to show prominently in online searches
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Information overload
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the difficulties associated with dealing with the vast amounts of information available to us and making sense of it
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user interface
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the junction between a medium and the people who use it
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aspect ratio
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the ratio of a screen's height to its width. incompatible aspect ratios of films and television mean that either films have to e cropped to fit within a television screen or in order to keep the original aspect ratio lack borders must appear on the top and bottom of the screen
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multi-tasking
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in a computer environment doing several activities at once with a variety of programs such as simultaneously doing word processing spread sheet and database work while conduction real-time chat through an instant-messaging service
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human-computer interaction
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the general term for any interaction between humans and computers, either through devices such as keyboards, mice, touch screens, or voice recognition
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graphical user interface (GUI)
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a computer interface that shows graphical representations of file structures, files, and applications in the form of folders icons and windows
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trolling
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the practice of posting deliberately obnoxious or disruptive messages to discussion groups or other online forums simply to get a reaction from the participants
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metatag
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a word or words used by websites to help search engines index and describe a site typically unseen by humans unless looking at the websites code
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