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ANSI

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-American National Standards Institute

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CPU

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Central processing unit

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DNS

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  • Domain name system
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GUI

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  • Graphical user interface
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HTML

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  • Hypertext markup language
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HTTP

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  • Hypertext transfer protocol
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ISO

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  • International Organization for Standardization
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OOP

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-Object-oriented programming

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OS

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  • Operating system
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Perl

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  • Practical extraction and reporting language
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PHP

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  • Hypertext preprocessor
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SQL

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-Structured query language

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WISP

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  • Wireless internet service provider
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WMA

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-Windows media audio

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WWW

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-World Wide Web

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XML

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  • Extensible markup language
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is Google’s open and free software stack that includes an operating system, middleware, and key applications for use on mobile devices such as smartphones.

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Android OS

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is used primarily for direct hardware manipulation and direct access to specialized processor instructions. It is also used to address critical performance issues.

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Assembly language

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is an informal website consisting of time-stamped articles, or posts, in a diary or journal format, commonly listed in reverse chronological order.

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Blog website

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is a general-purpose, imperative programming language developed in the early ’70s; is the oldest and most widely used language, providing the building blocks for other popular languages.

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C programming language

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is a programming language based on C++ and Java that helps developers create XML web services and Microsoft’s NET-connected applications for Windows operating systems and the internet.

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C sharp (C#)

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provides high-speed internet connections through the cable television network. This service costs about twice as much as dial-up access.

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Cable modem

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is a location on an internet server that permits users to chat with each other

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is a real-time typed conversation that takes place on a computer or mobile device.

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is a language used to write computer programs; it involves a computer that performs some kind of computation or algorithm, and possibly controls external devices such as printers, disk drives, etc.
Computer programming language
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is an intermediate-level language with object-oriented programming features, originally designed to enhance the C language.
C++ programming language
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is a collection of data used for automated systems.
Database
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takes place when the modem in the computer uses a standard telephone line to connect to the internet. It is an easy yet an expensive way for users to connect to the internet.
Dial-up access
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is the text version of an IP address. Figure 3.4 shows an IP address and its associated domain name.
Domain name
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is the method that the internet uses to store domain names and their corresponding IP addresses.
Domain name system (DNS)
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is a programming language such as C, Fortran, or Pascal that enables a programmer to write programs that are more or less independent of a particular type of computer.
High-level language
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is a server-side interpreted scripting language. It was designed for creating dynamic web pages and other web pages that effectively work with databases.
Hypertext preprocessor (PHP)
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is a worldwide collection of networks that links millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals.
Internet
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is a computer program that directly executes, i.e., performs instructions written in a programming or scripting language, without previously compiling them into a machine language program.
Interpreter
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is a programming language that was first introduced to the public in 1995 and is widely used to create internet applications and other software programs
Java programming language
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is a programming language that provides little or no abstraction from a computer's instruction set architecture.
Low-level language
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refers to the etiquette guidelines that govern behavior when communicating on the internet.
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is a not-for-profit networking consortium in the U.S. which aims to improve the internet, such as relieving bottlenecks in the current architecture.
Internet2
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manages the computer's memory and processes, as well as all of its software applications and hardware; it also allows one to communicate with the computer without knowing how to speak the computer's language.
Operating system
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refers to a set of instructions and operations for a computer to perform or do certain tasks.
Program
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is a person who writes computer programs
Programmer
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is a formal computer language that is designed to create instructions for the computer.
Programming language
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comprises device drivers, OS, servers, and software components. Programming software helps in writing programs through tools such as editors, linkers, debuggers, and compilers/interpreters, among others.
System software
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is the tool used to access the internet.
Web browser
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is a website that gathers a specific group of people with similar interests or relationships.
Web community
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provides the technologies and services needed for the website or web page to be viewed via the internet.
Web hosting
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is a document that contains text, graphics, audio (sound), and/or video accessible through the internet.
Web page
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is the process of publishing original content on the internet. The process includes building and uploading websites, updating the associated web pages, and posting content to these web pages online.
Web publishing -
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is a system that delivers requested web pages to the computer.
Web server -
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is a collection of related web pages and associated items, such as documents and pictures, stored in a web server.
Website
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is a network that uses radio signals to provide internet connections to wireless computers and devices.
WiFi
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is a collaborative website that allows users to create, add to, modify, or delete the website content via their web browser
Wiki website
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is a company that provides wireless internet access to users with wireless modems or web-enabled mobile devices, such as smartphones and personal digital assistants (PDAs).
Wireless internet service provider (WISP)
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is an automated assistant that helps complete a task by asking questions and then performs actions based on the answers.
Wizard
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allows the user to write a letter, design a flyer, and create other types of documents.
Word processor -
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consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents.
World Wide Web (WWW) -
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