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terminology and abbrev.

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OS   Operating System  
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CPU   Central Processing Unit  
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PDA   Personal Digital Assisant  
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RAM   Random Access Memory  
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ROM   Read only memory  
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RAID   Redundent Array of Independent disks  
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TPMS   Total Practice Management Systems  
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USB   Univerisal Serial bus  
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WAN   Wide Area Network  
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WLAN   Wireless Local Area Network  
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CD   Compact Disk  
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DVD   Digital Video Disks  
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MAC   Media Access Control  
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PIN   Personal Indenfication Number  
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Central Processing Unit   the brain of the computer performs instruction defined by software.  
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Input Device   A device used to input data to a computer  
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Output Device   A device used to output data from a computer.  
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Firewall   A hardware device or software program designed to prevent unauthorized access to a computer system  
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Driver   A computer program designed to convert data output from one device to a format compatable with another device  
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Data storage devices   a device capable of permanently or temporarly storing digital data  
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Hardware   Physical equipment used by the computer system to process data  
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Networking   Connecting two or more computers together to share files and hardware.  
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Internet   A worldwide publicly accessable network of networks and computers.  
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Applacation Software   Software the performs a specfic data-processing funtion.  
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