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WWW

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World Wide Web. A hypermedia-based system for browsing Internet sites.

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Software

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Software is the program or set of programs that tell a computer what to do.

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Boolean Search Logic

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Combining words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR (otherwise known
as Boolean operators) to limit, widen, or define your Internet search

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Internet

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A network of networks; a group of networks interconnected via routers.

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Central Processing Unit

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(CPU). The central processing unit controls the operation of a computer.

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HTML

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HyperText Markup Language. The language used to create World Wide Web pages, with hyperlinks and markup for text formatting (different heading styles, bold, italic, numbered lists, insertion of images, etc.).

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Virus

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A program that can “infect” other programs by modifying them to include a, possibly evolved, copy of itself.

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Science

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The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of
the physical and natural world through observation and experiment

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Digital Camera

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A camera that takes pictures without film, and records the images in digital form.

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Digital Video Camera

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A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed
by the television industry but now common in other applications as well

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CPU

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Central Processing Unit. The CPU controls the operation of a computer.

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URL

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Uniform Resource Locator, the global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide Web.

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Communication

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The imparting or exchanging of information or news

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Browser

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Term used to describe the client program for the World Wide Web that allows users to read hypertext documents and navigate between them.

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Download

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To transfer files or data from one computer to another.

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Applications

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The programs and other operating information used by a computer

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Technology

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Hardware, software, and firmware systems and system elements including, but not limited to, information technology, embedded systems, or any other electro-mechanical or processor-based systems.

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Hyperlink

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A link in an HTML document that leads to another World Wide Web site, or another place within the same document. Hyperlinks are usually underlined or shown in a differentcolor from the surrounding text.

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E-Mail

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Electronic mail. A service that sends messages on computers via local or global networks.

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Surf

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To browse the Internet; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular

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Hardware

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The hardware is the physical part of a computer system; the machinery and equipment. Software means the programs that tell the computer what to do.