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A tag is a keyword which acts like a subject or category. A keyword is used to organize webpages and objects on the Internet. Each user "tags" a webpage or image using his/her own unique tag. An image or webpage may have multiple tags that identify it. Webpages and images with identical tags are then linked together and users may use the tag to search for similar webpages and images.
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Multi-media computers can be used, with suitable software, to read aloud the words that appear on the screen. With some word processors this facility can be set to read each word as it is written or to read only when prompted by the user.
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transmission control protocol
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TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) is the basic communication language or protocol of the Internet. It can also be used as a communications protocol in a private network (either an intranet or an extranet). When you are set up with direct access to the Internet, your computer is provided with a copy of the TCP/IP program just as every other computer that you may send messages to or get information from also has a copy of TCP/IP.
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A computer attached to a network, often known as a network station. Data is usually stored centrally on the server.
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In general, testing is finding out how well something works. In terms of human beings, testing tells what level of knowledge or skill has been acquired. In computer hardware and software development, testing is used at key checkpoints in the overall process to determine whether objectives are being met.

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Text refers to character data, or to one of the segments of a program in memory. In Flash, text is written letters which are objects that themselves can be animated.
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Processing a small amount of text in a graphical way to produce special effects, as in logos etc.
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Enables people in a conference group or chat room to exchange text messages, usually via the Internet, which will display simultaneously for each member of the group.
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Specialist computer programs, often used to teach languages, which allow words or letters to be hidden, revealed or replaced.
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Sir Timothy "Tim" John Berners-Lee, (born June 8, 1955 in London) is the inventor of the World Wide Web and director of the World Wide Web Consortium, which oversees its continued development.

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Just above the Stage, you see the Timeline and layers. This is used to create and name layers, and add content to frames on layers to organize how your Flash content plays as the playhead moves across the frames.

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The Timeline organizes and controls a document's content over time in layers and frames. Like films, Flash documents divide lengths of time into frames. Layers are like multiple film strips stacked on top of one another, each containing a different image that appears on the Stage. The major components of the Timeline are layers, frames, and the playhead.

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A touch sensitive computer display screen. The user selects, moves and draws by pointing to, and touching, the relevant part of the screen.
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transaction processing system
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Alternative to a mouse. It has the advantage of remaining in one place and requires less table space.
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Generally associated with Logo. The turtle generally takes the form of a mechanical floor turtle or a symbol on a computer screen which can be programmed to produce images or mathematical patterns.