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- a family of computers developed by Apple. The Mac
operating system (Mac OS) was one of the first to use a 'drag and drop'
interface for organising files and is still the major rival to
PCs.
- a way to record and save a series of commands so you can
reapply them later with a single command or keyboard stroke.
- the folder which contains a person's individual items
such as an inbox, outbox, sent items, notes and calendar.
-an online discussion conducted via e-mails. Messages and
replies are distributed to all the people subscribed to the particular
mailing list.
-Short for malicious software. Software designed
specifically to damage or disrupt a system, such as a virus or a Trojan
horse or a password stealer.
- a measure of memory equal to 1000 kilobytes (one million
bytes).
- the storage and thinking parts of your computer. More
storage memory on your hard disk (ROM) means you can save more files and
more thinking memory (RAM) means your computer can perform more complex
tasks quicker.
- information about a web page hidden inside it to help
search engines find it. It often includes a description of the page
which will be picked up by search engines.
- search engine which automatically submits your search to
several search engines at the same time and then comes back with the
results after only a few seconds. Well known examples include
MetaCrawler and Ask Jeeves.
- Megahertz. A measurement of a computer's speed. The more
MHz the faster the computer. One GHz (Gigahertz) is 1000 MHz.
- a standard for encoding information other than text so
that it can be attached to an e-mail message and sent across the
internet.
- an identical copy of a website held on a different server
to speed up download times by reducing the congestion from many users
accessing just one site at the same time.
- the hardware that connects you to the internet or to
other computers around the world. Some are inside your computer
(internal) and some are separate boxes outside your computer
(external).
- the bit you look at! The display screen.
- a standard used for compressing video and audio files.
The popular MPEG3 format is popular for distributing music on the
internet.
- a digital audio format which allows CD tracks to be
reduced to around a tenth of their normal size without a significant
loss of quality i.e. on average from a massive 35 megabytes down to
three.
- the combination of different types of media such as
audio, video and text.
- games played against other players, rather than against a
computer, either via an internet connection or on a local network (in a
cyber cafe or an office).
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