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collaboration
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the act or process of collaborating.
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cloud computing
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Internet-based computing in which large groups of remote servers are networked so as to allow sharing of data-processing tasks, centralized data storage, and online access to computer services or resources.
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sharing
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to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc.
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research
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diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover or revise facts, theories, applications, etc.
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desktop
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denoting a computer system, esp for word processing, that is small enough to use at a desk.
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laptop
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a portable, usually battery-powered microcomputer small enough to rest on the user's lap.
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video card
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A circuit board fitted to a computer, especially an IBM PC, containing the necessary video memory and other electronics to provide a bitmap display.
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operating system
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the collection of software that directs a computer's operations, controlling and scheduling the execution of other programs, and managing storage, input/output, and communication resources.
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internet
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a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks worldwide (usually preceded by the ). The Internet includes commercial, educational, governmental, and other networks, all of which use the same set of communications protocols.
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intranet
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a computer network with restricted access, as within a company, that uses software and protocols developed for the Internet.
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Byte
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the storage space in a memory or other storage device that is allocated to such a group of bits.
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Bit
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Also called binary digit. a single, basic unit of information, used in connection with computers and information theory.
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Gigabyte
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a measure of storage capacity equal to 2 30 (1024) bytes.
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Terabyte
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2 40 (1,099,511,627,776) bytes; 1024 gigabytes.
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Cookie
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a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a Web server to a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a Web page.
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Program
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a sequence of coded instructions fed into a computer, enabling it to perform specified logical and arithmetical operations on data.
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Processor
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A part of a computer, such as the central processing unit, that performs calculations or other manipulations of data.
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RAM
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random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when the power fails or is turned off.
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ROM
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computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permanently stored, generally on electronic chips during manufacture, and that ordinarily cannot be changed by the user.
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Hyperlink
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a word, phrase, picture, icon, etc, in a computer document on which a user may click to move to another part of the document or to another document.
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Embed
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to insert.
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Bandwidth
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the transmission capacity of an electronic communications device or system; the speed of data transfer.
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Binary
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of or pertaining to a system of numerical notation to the base 2, in which each place of a number, expressed as 0 or 1, corresponds to a power of 2. The decimal number 58 appears as 111010 in binary notation, since 58 = 1 × 2 5 + 1 × 2 4 + 1 × 2 3 + 0 × 2 2 + 1 × 2 1 + 0 × 2 0 .
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URL
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Uniform Resource Locator: a protocol for specifying addresses on the Internet.
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Domain Names
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a name owned by a person or organization and consisting of an alphabetical or alphanumeric sequence followed by a suffix indicating the top-level domain: used as an Internet address to identify the location of particular Web pages.
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HTML
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HyperText Markup language: a set of standards, a variety of SGML, used to tag the elements of a hypertext document. It is the standard protocol for formatting and displaying documents on the World Wide Web.
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