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- computer aided software
- software that aides in the engineering, architectural, and scientific designs
- queue
- lineup of multiple print jobs within a buffer
- Query by Example
- DBMS feature that has a graphical user interface to assist users with retrieving data.
- modem
- communications device that converts a computers digital signals to analog signals
- data model
- rules and standards that defines how a db organizes data
- file transfer protocol
- internet standard that permits file uploading and downloading with other computers on the internet
- personal digital assistant
- one of the more popular light weight mobile devices in use today, providing personal organization functions such as calenders and appointment books.
- IrDA port
- network standard used to transmit data wirelessly via infared light waves
- worksheet
- rows and columns used to organize data in a spreadsheet
- wiki
- collaborative website that allows users to creat, add to, modify, or delete content on the website
- perpendicular recording
- data storage technique in which hard disks align magnetic particles vertically, making much greater storage capacity
- query
- request for specific data from a database
- subject directory
- search tool that classifies web pages in an organized set of categories and subcategories
- GIGO
- computing phrase that points out that the accuracy of a computers output depends on the accuracy of the computers input
- relational database
- DB that stores data in tables that consist of rows and columns, with each row having a primary key and each column having a unique name. Row-record, Table-file
- domain name
- text version of an IP address
- CMOS
- technology used by some RAM chips, flash memory chips, and other types of memory chips that provide high speeds and consumes little power by using battery power while the computer is off.
- font style
- font design such as italic, bold, underline, that can add emphasis
- portal
- website that offers a variety of internet services from a single, convenient location
- central processing unit
- the electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer.