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| A conductor connecting peripherals both inside and outside the computer. The width of the ___ determines speed transmission |
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| CPU (Central Processing Unit) |
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| Acronym: _______. The functional chip inside the computer that is responsible for number crunching. |
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| URL (Uniform Resource Locator) |
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| Acronym: ____. A standard for dictating the location of files on the Internet. |
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| GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) |
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| acronym: ___. Chip located either on the main board, or on a dedicated card; used to crunching numbers required for graphics |
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| Interface that transmits many bits at a time over multiple parallel channels |
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| Interface that transmits bits one at a time. |
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| A processor with four separate processors, usually to reduce power usage, space usage, and heat exhaust. |
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| "[The] standard for serial binary data signals." |
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| SCSI (Small Computer Systems Interface) |
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| Acronym: _____. Interface with 8 bit transfer over parallel. Used for external peripherals. |
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| USB (Universal Serial Bus) |
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| Acronym: ___. Has generally replaced RS232 and other serial/parallel connections. |
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| AKA: IEEE 1394 Interface. Similar to USB and comparable in speed. Replaced Parallel SCSI for many connections. |
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| AKA: HDD ___. Non-volatile storage device that uses magnetic platters. |
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| Drive used to read "floppy" disks, which are magnetic storage media. |
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| Acronym: ____. Optical storage medium. Some are read-only, and some are capable of being 'burned' (i.e., having data written onto the surface). Re-writable discs are erasable. |
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| A virtual desktop, often part of a "Graphical User Interface" that simulates a table or a stack of papers. |
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| SIMM (Single Inline Memory Module) |
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| Acronym: ____. An older, deprecated style of RAM with only redundant sides. |
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| DIMM (Dual Inline Memory Module) |
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| Acronym: ____. A memory module that has two unique sides on it. |
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| RAM (Random Access Memory) |
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| Acronym: ____. Volatile (requiring constant electric charge to maintain its contents) form of memory storage. |
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| The name for the first serial port on a computer. -__ is the second, etc |
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| Acronym: ___. Any form of memory, chip- or disk-based, that is not meant to be written over or erased. |
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| Used for encoding digits and letter characters in computing. |
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| Used primarily as a human-friendly representation of values coded in binary. |
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| ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) |
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| Acronym: ___. Consisting of printable and control characters, ___ is the standard for translating plain text from the human interface to digital. |
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| A wireless protocol for exchanging data over short distances from both fixed and mobile devices, thereby creating personal area networks (PANs). |
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| GPS (Global Positioning System ) |
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| acronym __ (developed by the United States Department of Defense) that uses a constellation of 24 to 32 Medium Earth Orbit satellites that transmit precise microwave signals, which enables ___ receivers to determine their current location, the time, and their velocity. |
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| Short for World Wide Web Consortium. An international consortium of companies involved with the Internet and the Web. The __ was founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the original architect of the World Wide Web. The organization's purpose is to develop open standards so that the Web evolves in a single direction, rather than being splintered among competing factions. |
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| HTML (hypter text markup language) |
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| A markup language used to structure text and multimedia documents, and to set up hypertext links between documents. Used extensively on the World Wide Web. |
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| HTTP (HyperText Transfer Protocol) |
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| Acronym: ____. The underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. __ defines how messages are formatted and transmitted, and what actions Web servers and browsers should take in response to various commands. |
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| URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) |
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| Acronym: ____. The addressing technology for identifying resources on the Internet or on private intranets. __ were originally defined as two types: Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), which are addresses with network locations, and Uniform Resource Names (URNs), which are persistent names that are address-independent. |
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| Short for EXtensible HTML. A markup language for Web pages from the W3C. __ combines HTML and XML into a single format (HTML 4.0 and XML 1.0). Like XML, __ can be extended with proprietary tags and (also like XML) must be coded more rigorously than HTML. |
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| In computing, __ are entities that define properties of objects, elements, or files. __ usually consist of a name (or key) and value. For example, in computer graphics, line objects can have different kinds of __ such as thickness (with real values), color (with descriptive values such as brown or green or values defined in a certain color model, such as RGB), dashing __, etc. |
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| Pronounced, “at sign” or, simply, “at.” This symbol is used in e-mail addressing to separate the user’s name from the user’s domain name, both of which are necessary in order to transmit e-mails. For example, the e-mail address “webmaster@webopedia.com” indicates that the user named webmaster receives e-mail "at," or "@," the webopedia.com domain. |
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| A ___ is a computer system that provides services to other computing systems (called clients) over a network. The term “___” can refer to hardware (as in the case of a Sun computer system) or software (such as an RDBMS server). |
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| A network architecture in which each computer or process on the network is either a client or a server. Servers are powerful computers or processes dedicated to managing disk drives (file servers), printers (print servers), or network traffic (network servers ). Clients are PCs or workstations on which users run applications. Clients rely on servers for resources such as files, devices, and even processing power. |
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| In computing, a ___ is a convention or standard that controls or enables the connection, communication, and data transfer between two computing endpoints. In its simplest form, a ___ can be defined as the rules governing the syntax, semantics, and synchronization of communication. ___ may be implemented by hardware, software, or a combination of the two. At the lowest level, a __ defines the behavior of a hardware connection. |
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| ASP (application service provider ) |
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| An (acronym ___) is a business that provides computer-based services to customers over a network. Software offered using an __ model is sometimes called on-demand software or software as a service (SaaS). |
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| A __ is a page or a collection of web pages designed to enable any user to contribute to or modify the content, using a simplified markup language. __ are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia __ is one of the best-known __. __ are used in business to provide intranet and Knowledge Management systems. |
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| A __ (a contraction of the term "Web log") is a web site, usually maintained by an individual, with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material (such as graphics or video). Entries are commonly displayed in reverse-chronological order. "__" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a __. |
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| A __ is a series of audio or video digital media files. ___ are distributed over the Internet to portable media players and personal computers. Though the same content may also be made available by direct download or streaming, a ___ is distinguished from most other digital media formats by its ability to be syndicated, subscribed to, and downloaded automatically when new content is added. |
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| Video podcast (sometimes shortened to ___) is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures. The term is an evolution from the generally audio-based podcast. Video podcasts refer to the distribution of video wherein an RSS feed is used as a non-linear TV channel to which consumers can subscribe using a PC, TV, set-top box, media center, or mobile multimedia device. |
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| RSS (real simple syndication) |
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| __ is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated works—such as blog entries, news headlines, audio, and video—in a standardized format. An __ document (which is called a "feed", "web feed", or "channel") includes full or summarized text, plus metadata (such as publishing dates and authorship). Web feeds benefit publishers by letting them syndicate content automatically. Readers benefit by their ability to subscribe to timely updates from favored websites, or to aggregate feeds from many sites into one place of their choosing. __ feeds can be read using software called "__ readers" or aggregators. |
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| In computing, a feed __, also known as a feed reader, news reader, or simply __, is client software or a Web application which aggregates syndicated Web content, such as news headlines, blogs, podcasts, and vlogs, in a single location for easy viewing. |
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| ISP (Internet service provider) |
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| An (acronym__), also called an Internet access provider (IAP), is a company that offers its customers access to the Internet. An __ connects to its customers using a data transmission technology (dial-up, DSL, cable modem, or dedicated high-speed connections) that is appropriate for delivering Internet Protocol datagrams. |
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| A computer designed for desktop use; usually comprises, at a minimum, a central processing unit (CPU), a monitor, and a keyboard as separate units, connected by special cables. |
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| Refers to a (acronym: __). A dedicated server or a service within a server that provides __ name resolution in an IP network. It turns names for Websites and network resources into numeric IP addresses. __ servers are used in large companies, in all ISPs and within the __ system in the Internet, a vital service that keeps the Internet working. |
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| A high-speed computer in a network that stores the programs and data files shared by users. It acts like a remote disk drive. The difference between a __ and an application server is that the __ stores the programs and data, while the application server runs the programs and processes the data. |
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| a __ is a computer system that provides services to other computing systems ”called clients” over a network. The term __ can refer to hardware (such as a Sun computer system) or software (such as an RDBMS __). |
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| FAT (File Allocation Table) |
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| (acronym: __)An area on a hard disk or floppy disk where information is stored about the physical location of each piece of every file on the disk and about the location of unusable areas of the disk. ___ is a partially patented file system developed by Microsoft for MS-DOS and is the primary file system for consumer versions of Microsoft Windows up to and including Windows Me. |
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| NTFS (not the file system question to help u remember) |
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| (__) An optional file system for Windows NT, 2000 and XP operating systems. __ is the more advanced file system, compared to FAT32. It improves performance and is required in order to implement numerous security and administrative features in the OS. |
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| An imaginary memory area supported by some operating systems (for example, Windows but not DOS) in conjunction with the system hardware. You can think of __ as an alternate set of memory addresses. Programs use these virtual addresses rather than real addresses to store instructions and data. |
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| The primary computer storage device, which spins, reads and writes one or more fixed disk platters. |
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| A device that holds and reads CD-ROM discs. ___, which today typically means a __ that is a combo CD-ROM, CD-R and __, come in a variety of speeds. |
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| Refers to the condition of a disk in which files are divided into pieces scattered around the disk. __ occurs naturally when you use a disk frequently, creating, deleting, and modifying files. |
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| Short for floppy disk drive (FDD), a disk drive that can read and write to floppy disks. |
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| Occurs when you allocate storage without ever intending to use it. This space is wasted. |
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| It occurs when a piece of data in memory is broken up into many pieces that are not close together (or far apart). It is typically the result of attempting to insert a large object into storage that has already suffered external fragmentation. |
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| A fluid substance, originally with properties akin to grease, which increases the thermal conductivity of a thermal interface (by compensating for the irregular surfaces of the components). Used between the chip and the heat sink. |
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| An environment or object that absorbs and dissipates heat from another object using thermal contact (either direct or radiant). ___ are used in a wide range of applications wherever efficient heat dissipation is required; major examples include refrigeration, heat engines, and cooling both electronic devices and lasers. |
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| Computer ___ is the process of removing heat from computer components. |
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| The central printed circuit board (PCB) in some complex electronic systems, such as modern personal computers. The __ is sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, or, on Apple computers, the logic board. It is also sometimes casually shortened to mobo. |
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| NIC (network interface card) |
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| A (Acronym:__) is a computer circuit board or card that is installed in a computer so that it can be connected to a network. |
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| The software component of a computer system that is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of the computer. The ___ acts as a host for application programs that are run on the machine. As a host, one of the purposes of an ___ is to handle the details of the operation of the hardware. This relieves application programs from having to manage these details and makes it easier to write applications. |
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| In computing, a __ (often also written as __) is a method of storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them. ___ may use a data storage device such as a hard disk or CD-ROM and involve maintaining the physical location of the files, they might provide access to data on a file server by acting as clients for a network protocol (e.g., NFS, SMB, or 9P clients), or they may be virtual and exist only as an access method for virtual data. More formally, a __ is a special-purpose database for the storage, organization, manipulation, and retrieval of data. |
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| Computer program that acts as an intermediary between the operating system and a device such as a disk drive, video card, printer, or keyboard. The __ must contain a detailed knowledge of the device, including its set of specialized commands. |
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| Used typically in reference to a computer language to mean a command or statement in the language that is going to be made invalid or obsolete in future versions. |
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| In computing, an HTML __ indicates structure in an HTML document and a way of hierarchically arranging content. More specifically, an HTML __ is an SGML __ that meets the requirements of one or more of the HTML Document Type Definitions (DTDs). These __ have properties: both attributes and content, as specified (both allowable and required) according to the appropriate HTML DTD (for example, the HTML 4.01 strict DTD). |
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| DTD (document type definition) |
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| A __(acronym) states what tags and attributes are used to describe content in an SGML, XML or HTML document, where each tag is allowed, and which tags can appear within other tags. |
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In web page design, and generally for all markup languages based on SGML, such as HTML, XML, a __ __ element is one that is either
opened and subsequently closed, an empty element, which in that case must be terminated, or is properly nested so that it does not overlap.
For example, in HTML: (b)word(/b) is a well-formed element, while (i)(b)word(/i) is not, since the bold element is not closed. In XHTML, empty elements (elements thatinherently have no content) should be closed by putting a slash at the end of the opening tag, e.g. [image],
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| In Computer Programming Terminology, __ refers to the process of controlling that data inserted into an application satisfies pre-determined formats or complies with stated length and character requirements and other defined input criteria. |
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| SGML (Standard Generalized Markup Language) |
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| An ISO standard for defining the format in a text document. Widely used in the publishing industry, an __(acronym) document uses a separate Document Type Definition (DTD) file that defines the format codes, or tags, embedded within it. |
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| The HTML 4.01 __ DTD, which excludes the presentation attributes and elements that W3C expects to phase out as support for style sheets matures. Authors should use the __ DTD when possible, but may use the Transitional DTD when support for presentation attribute and elements is required. |
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| The Extensible HyperText Markup Language, or __(acronym), is a markup language that has the same expressive possibilities as HTML, but a stricter, more verbose syntax. Whereas HTML is an application of SGML, a very flexible markup language, __ is an application of XML, a more restrictive subset of SGML. |
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| The HTML 4.01 __ DTD, which includes presentation attributes and elements that W3C expects to phase out as support for style sheets matures. Authors should use the Strict DTD when possible, but may use the __ DTD when support for presentation attribute and elements is required. |
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| CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) |
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| __(acronym) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but the language can be applied to any kind of XML document, including SVG and XUL. The __ specifications are maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). |
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The HTML 4.01 __ DTD should be used for documents with frames. This DTD is identical to the HTML 4.01 Transitional DTD except for the
content model of the "HTML" element: in ___ documents, the "__" element replaces the "BODY" element. |
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