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| Media, such as telephone wire, coaxial cable, microwave signal or fiber-optic cable that carry or transport data communication messages. |
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| Electronic device that receives, processes, and stores data and produces a result. |
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| Hardware, software, and data working together. |
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| Information entered into the computer to be processed that consists of text, numbers, sounds and images. |
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| Transmission of text, numeric, voice, or video data from one machine to another. |
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| The tangible, physical equipment that can be seen and touched. |
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| The largest network used as a communication tool. |
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| A series of connected personal computers, workstations, and other devices, such as printers or scanners, within a confined space, such as an office building. |
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| Large, powerful computers that are used for centralized storage, processing, and management of very large amounts of data. |
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| Sometimes called a personal computer; used at home or the office by one person; can fit on top of or under a desk. |
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| An integrated circuit silicon chip that contains the processing unit for a computer or a computerized appliance. |
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| Type of computer that is designed to serve multiple users and process significant amounts of data; larger than a microcomputer, but smaller than a mainframe. |
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| Connects one computer to other computers and peripheral devices. |
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| Similar to a microcomputer; however, it is smaller and portable. |
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| Users of the computers who enter data and use they output. |
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| Standard format for transferring data between two devices. TCP/IP is the agreed-upon international standard for transmitting data. |
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| Computer that receives a data transmission. |
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| Computer that sends a data transmission. |
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| Intangible set of instructions that tells the computer what to do. |
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| Largest and fastest computers, capable of storing and processing tremendous volumes of data. |
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| Wide area networks (WANs) |
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| Computer networks that cover a large geographical area. Most WANs are made up of several connected LANs. |
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