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35 Cards in this Set
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GUI
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Graphical User Interface: allows you to use a mouse or keystrokes to slect icons and commands
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DOS
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Disk operating system: first operating sys. offered to IBM by microsoft (hard to use command interface)
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URL
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Uniforms Resource Locator: string of characters that points to specific piece of info anywhere on the web.
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TCP
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Transmission Control Protocol: two hosts to establish a connection and exchange data
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IP
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Internet Protocol: deals with packets of information when transfering
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DSL
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digital subscriber line: high data rate faster connection than dial up, faster out than in, mbps
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DNS
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Domain Name Service: computer at ISP that finds IP#'s translatesname to IP address for web page requested
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POP3
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protocal were email downloads to your computer
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ICANN
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nonprofit Organization that controls DNS (IP address #'s)
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IMAP
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protocal you view your email from your ISP
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ARIN
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registers and administers IP numbers
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INTERNIC
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provides public info about domain name registration
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FTP
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protocal used to transfer files publicly available
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HTML
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set of special intructions (tags/markups) to specify document structure, format
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HTTP
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communications rule allow browers to connect to website
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IT
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technology that helps produce main information
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DHCP
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software that keeps track of IP address connects you to a different IP each time
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WWW
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Interconnected sys. of internet servers that support multimedia form
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OS
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software platform, low-level, master sys. of programs manage basic ops. disk space, memory, CPU, peripheral devices
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ISDN
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HARDWARE/SOFTWARE THAT ALLOW VOICE,VIDEO, AND DATA TO BE COMM. OVER TRADITIONAL COPPER-WIRE TELEPHONE LINES
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ISP
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Co. that connects u to the comm. line (server), to internet via co. networks
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RAM
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(memory chips) primary storage (temp storage) hold data b and a processing
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LAN
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group of desktop PCs and other devices in an office or building
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UNIX
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multitasking OS for multipurpose users that run on all kinds of computers
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LINUX
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nonprofit version of UNIX, free, complicated but easy to mess with
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PTM
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software that helps you keep track and manage info u use daily
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DTP
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involves mixing txt & graphics to produce high quality output for comercial printing
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CAD
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intended for design of products, structures, maps, etc.
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CPU
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processor chip, tiny piece of silicon that contains m,illions of minature electronic circuits
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CYBERSQUATTING
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by domain name with intent to sell it
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Plug IN
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things downloaded to make things work and run smoothly on webpages
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COOKIES
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filters on websites for it to remember your information
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VERSION VS. RELEASE
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whole new upgrade/ small tiny upgrades
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User Interface
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way that you interact with the computer
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Software suit vs. Integrated software
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bundle together programs / pieces and parts of software
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