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Connecting

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A computer connects to other computers (the internet) via a modem (examples: telephone, cable, DSL).
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Control technology,

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Computer programs or equipment used to control mechanical and electronic devices. Sometimes linked with sensing equipment to enable a computer to react to changes e.g. using a temperature sensor attached to an automatic window opener in a greenhouse.,

Cookies

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Contains the information that tell you the times and dates that you have visited web sites. Information can be saved to hard disks in these text files, for example, online purchases, validation information about you for members-only web sites, and more.

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Copyright

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Copyright is the ownership of an intellectual property within the limits prescribed by a particular nation's or international law. For example, the copyright law provides that the owner of a property has the exclusive right to print, distribute, and copy the work, and permission must be obtained by anyone else to reuse the work in these ways.

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coupon

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n. part of a printed advertisement used for ordering goods, samples etc

CPU

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central processing unit
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CRC

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cyclic redundancy check
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CRT

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cathode ray tube
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CSMA/CD

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carrier sense multiple access collision detection
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CSS

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In computing, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a stylesheet language used to describe the presentation of a document written in a markup language. Its most common application is to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but the language can be applied to any kind of XML document, including SVG and XUL. The CSS specifications are maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
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