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A COMPUTER is a programmable, multiuse machine that
accepts data-raw facts and figures-and processes, or
manipulates, it into information we can use. |
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A NETWORK is a communications system connecting two or
more computers. |
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Information technology “InfoTech” a technology that
merges computing with high–speed communications links carrying
data, sound, and video. |
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INTERNET (Net) is a worldwide network that connects
hundreds of thousands of smaller networks. |
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ONLINE means using a computer or other information
device, connected through a network, to access information and
services from another computer or information device. |
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World Wide Web (www) - an interconnected system of
computers all over the world that store information in
multimedia form. |
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The word MULTIMEDIA, from multiple media, refers to
technology that presents information in more than one medium,
such as text, still images, moving images, and sound. In other
words, the web provides information in more than one way. |
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E-MAIL
electronic mail, messages transmitted over a computer network. |
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CYBERSPACE encompasses not only the online world and
the internet in particular but also the whole wired and
wireless world of communications in general. |
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