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the discovery and extraction of hidden predictive information from large databases. |
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| Database Management System |
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| a program or system of programs that can manipulate data in a large collection of files (the database), cross-referencing between files as needed. |
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| Digital Rights Management |
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| Technology now being used in many audio files to protect musicians’ and other artists’ intellectual property |
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converting information into a digital form that can be stored in the computer’s memory |
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data records with spelling mistakes, incorrect or obsolete values, or other errors |
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| a dedicated, direct connection to the Internet through a LAN, with the computer having its own IP address |
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| integrating all kinds of computers, from mainframes to PCs, into a single, seamless system. |
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| class of internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as .com, .gov, or .net. |
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a spyware download onto your computer that occurs simply by visiting certain Web sites |
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the process of going through a database and eliminating records that contain errors. |
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| instead of storing records in tables and hierarchies, stores software objects that contain procedures (or instructions) with data. |
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| in object-oriented databases, a data structure defined according to its class. |
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the online sharing of music or other computer files directly between individual computer files directly between individual computer users’ hard drives, rather than through posting the files on central servers. |
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a design that allows expansion cards and peripherals to be added to a basic computer system. |
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| software that can be distributed and modified freely by users. |
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device for sending information from the computer such as a monitor or printer |
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| a potential future alternative to silicon-based computing, in which information is transmitted in light waves rather than an electrical pulses |
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| a reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets, and similar forms. |
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| a system of programs that performs a variety of technical operations, providing an additional layer or insulation between the user and the bits-and-bytes world of computer hardware |
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| information given out by computers |
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