Top Terms
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URL
Abbreviation of Uniform Resource Locator, the global ...
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computer
Modern computers are electronic and digital. The actual machinery -- wires, transistors, and circuits -- is called hardware; the instructions and...
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operating system
Operating systems perform basic tasks such as keeping track of files and directories and controlling devices.
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RAM
Pronounced ramm, acronym for random access memory, a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly; that is, any byte of memory can be...
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software
Computer instructions or data. Anything that can be stored electronically is software. The storage devices and display devices are hardware.
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Internet
A global network connecting millions of computers. More than 100 countries are linked into exchanges of data, news and opinions.
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Wi-Fi
A popular wireless networking technology that provides high-speed Internet and network connections.
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HTTP
Short for HyperText Transfer Protocol, the underlying protocol used by the World Wide Web. HTTP defines how messages are formatted and...
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SSL
SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data.
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hardware
Hardware refers to objects that you can actually touch, like disks, disk drives, display screens, keyboards, printers, boards, and chips.
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