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technical vocab 2
Question | Answer |
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Open Source | the program's source code is freely abailable to the public |
Freeware | software you can download, pass around, and sistribute without any payment |
Piracy | when someone installs and uses commercial softwhare without paing for it |
Keywords | words or phrases that describe content |
Node | any system or device connected to a network |
Firewall | limits the data that can pass through it and protect a networked server or client machine from damage by unauthorized users |
Banner | web advertisment- long image at top of web page |
skyscraper | web advertisment- tall and narrow image on left or right side of web page |
cookie | data sent to your computer by a wev server that records your actions on a web site |
RSS Feed | method of providing website content such as news stories or software updates in a standard XML format |
NetBIOS | prevents programmers from having to "reincent the wheel" just to get th their program to connect to a network |
LED | electronic device that emits light when an electronical current passed threw it |
LCD | super thin- desplays that are used in laptop computer screens adn flat panel monitors |
LAN | a computer network lineted to a small area such as an office building, university, or even residential home. |
GPS | a satellite navication system used to determin fround position and velocity (location, speed, and direction) |