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SC 7-7.2
SC 7-7.2 The Technological Revolution
| TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| World Wide Web("the Web") | a system of interconnected computer networks developed in the 1990's |
| ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer |
| integrated circuit | a complete electronic circuit on a single chip of silicon |
| microprocessor | made it possible to shrink the size of computers and to increase their speed |
| Personal Computer(PC) | a new compact computer introduced by IBM |
| software | there are two kinds: software that runs the computer and the software that accomplishes a specific task |
| Internet | transports computer users to a web of tens of thousands of computer networks |
| protocol | the standard, or format, for transferring information between two computers |
| Web browers | the tools for searching and communicating over the Internet-helped computer users jump from Web site to Web site more quickly |