Computer terms
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| Boot Sector | A boot sector is a part of a hard drive that contains data to boot the operating system.
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| Dithering | A process that uses digital noise to smooth out colors in digital graphics and sounds in digital audio.
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| Intranet | Internal or private network.
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| Whitelist | A list of items that are granted access to a system.
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| Bit | Smallest unit of information processed by a computer.
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| Compression | A technique that reduces the size of the file.
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| Database | An electronic list of information that can be sorted and searched.
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| Ethernet | A protocol for fast communication and file transfer.
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| Freeze | A computer error that causes the cursor to lock in place.
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| Partition | A subdivision of a hard drives surface that is defined and used as a separate drive.
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| Server | A central computer dedicated to sending and receiving data from other computers on a network.
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| Installer | Program used to install a program.
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| Gigabyte | 1024 Megabytes
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| Megabyte | 1024 Kilobytes
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| Kilobyte | 1024 Bytes
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| Hard Drive | A large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case.
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| Download | To transfer data from one computer to another.
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| Compiler | A program the converts programming code into a form that can be used by a computer.
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| Bug | A programming error that causes a program to behave in an unexpected way.
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| Alias | An icon that points to a file.
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