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digital subscriber line
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decision support system
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digital versatile disk
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Allows the user to draw and manipulate geometric shapes on the screen.,
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Dynamic HTML or DHTML is a method of creating interactive web sites by using a combination of static markup language HTML, a client-side scripting language (such as JavaScript), the presentation definition language (e.g. Cascading Style Sheets), and the Document Object Model.

INFO FROM: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_HTML

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Allows the user to send and receive messages from one computer to another over any distance.,
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Electric commerce: the conducting of business communication and transactions over networks and through computers. Specifically, ecommerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, and the transfer of funds, through digital communications.
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electronic funds transfer at point of sale
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Electronic mail. Mail composed and transmitted on a computer system or network.
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Encryption is the conversion of data into a form, called a ciphertext , that cannot be easily understood by unauthorized people. Decryption is the process of converting encrypted data back into its original form, so it can be understood.

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"Software which contains symbols and templates to build a variety of equations within, say, a word processor.",
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Equity of access means that all people have the information they need-regardless of age, education, ethnicity, language, income, physical limitations or geographic barriers.

(taken from ALA)

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entity relationship
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An expression in a programming language is a combination of values, variables, operators, and functions that are interpreted (evaluated) according to the particular rules of precedence and of association for a particular programming language, which computes and then produces (returns, in a stateful environment) another value.
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n. something that especially attracts oneos attention eyecatching

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n. special characteristics of a product, usually leading to certain benefits
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A file format is a particular way to encode information for storage in a computer file.

url

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A shape created in Flash can be made using fill. Fill is used to colour-in the shape. Colours are chosen in the Colours section of the toolbox.

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A dedicated gateway machine with special security precautions on it typically used to protect a network when it is connected to an outside network, especially the Internet.
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A system designed to prevent unauthorized access to or from a private network. Firewalls can be implemented in both hardware and software, or a combination of both. Firewalls are frequently used to prevent unauthorized Internet users from accessing private networks connected to the Internet, especially intranets. All messages entering or leaving the intranet pass through the firewall, which examines each message and blocks those that do not meet the specified security criteria.

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