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Welcome to the glossary, here you will find definitions of computer jargon. Link to this page if you want to, but please do not steal our work. For this is copyrighted material.
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- Kilobyte
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A kilobyte is equal to 1024 bytes.
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- LAN
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Local Area Network operating in a limited geographic area, usually the same building or floor of a building.
- Link
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See: Hyperlink -
- Login
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The account name used to gain access to a computer system. Not a secret, as with a password.
See Also: Password -
- LYNX Browser
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Lynx is a web browser application like Netscape or Internet Explorer that can access information on World Wide Web, but without access to images, film, or sound. Usually used by people with slow modems to eliminate the need to wait for images and other features to download.
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- Mailing List
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Usually an automated system that allows one email to be written, and then copied and sent to all of the list subscribers. Examples: First: Their are many joke mailing lists which you can sign up for on the internet. Second: Large companies like AOL compile lists of their users email addresses and sell them to companies who spam these addresses with product information.
- Megabyte
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A megabyte is equal to 1024 kilobytes.
- Meta-Search Engine
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A search engine that automatically submits your keyword search to several other search tools, and retrieves results from all their databases on one page for easy viewing.
- MIME Type
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Multiple Internet Mail Extensions, a method of identifying files such that the first packet of information received by a client, contains information about the type of file the server has sent. Example: text, image, etc.
- Mirror
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The most common use of the term on the Internet refers to "mirror sites", which are web sites, or FTP sites that maintain exact copies of material originated at another location, usually in order to provide more widespread access to the resource.
- MPEG
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Moving Pictures Experts Group, a method of storing movie files in digital format.
- Modem
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A modulator, demodulator. A device that you connect to your computer and to a phone line, which allows the computer access to other computers through the phone system. In this way, most internet users connect to the internet.
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- Netiquette
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The code of etiquette on the Internet.
- Newsgroup
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An online discussion group operated through the Internet.
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- Optical Fiber
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See: Fiber-Optic Cable -
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