Computers

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CD-RW

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Hard Disk Drive

a CD that allows data to be erased and written again several times.

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Computer

The mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk. Hard disk drives (HDDs) for PCs generally have seek times of about 12 milliseconds or less. Many disk drives improve their performance through a technique called caching.
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Home Page Hyperlink

first page that is displayed when a browser is launched a shortcut that allows you to jump to another location in another workbook, a file on your hard drive or network, or an Internet address a graphic symbol (usually a simple picture) that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical user interface Internet Service Provider - a company that provides Internet access. AOL is one example of an ISP

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an electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accept data, process the data according to certain rules, produce results, and store the results for future use.
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Icon

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ISP

Computer Network

A collection of computers and other hardware devices that are connected together to share hardware, software, and data, as well as to communicate electronically with one another.

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Motherboard

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Firefox

Firefox is a browser from Mozilla. It was released in 2004 and has grown to be one of the most popular browser on the Internet.
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GUI

Short for Graphical User Inteface. The interface through which a user interacts with the computer. For example, Microsoft Windows provides a GUI in which users launch programs by clicking on small pictures callled icons and those programs run in rectangular areas called windows.

The main circuit board of a microcomputer. The motherboard contains the connectors for attaching additional boards.

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RAM

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Thumbnail

A small version of a larger graphical image you usually can click to display the full-sized image. Random Access Memory; temporary memory. RAM is expandable, and resides on the motherboard.
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URL Web Browser

uniform resource locator, also called a web address

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Search Engine

a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet) ritten programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory

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Software

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Spyware

a computer software program, like Netscape, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera and Firefox, that can connect to a web server and retrieve and display information on demand.

computer software that is designed to collect personal info about users without their informed consent
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Supercomputer

largest and fastest computers, capable of storing and processing tremendous volumes of data.
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Taskbar

bar at the bottom of the screen that displays the Start Button and Active Windows