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Telecomunications
Term | Definition |
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1. Electronic mail (e-mail) | – transmission of messages and files using a computer network |
2. Fax | a document generated by using a facsimile machine |
3. Internet – | a vast network of computers linked to one another |
4. Intranet | – a company's private network of computers |
5. Local Area Network (LAN) – | a computer network that covers a small area |
6. Network – | computers that are connected to each other |
7. Online – | computers that are connected and ready to receive and/or transmit data |
8. Protocol – | – the rules that must be observed for two electronic devices to communicate with each other |
9. Stand alone | – a computer that is not connected to a network |
10. Telecommunications | transmitting information and communicating electronically |
11. Uniform Resource Locator ( URL) | – Internet address that identifies hypertext documents |
12. World Wide Web (WWW) | a system of computers that share information by means of links on web pages |