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ERIC Number: EJ541352
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0146-5422
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Jargon that Computes: Today's PC Terminology.
Crawford, Walt
Online, v21 n2 p36-41 Mar-Apr 1997
Discusses PC (personal computer) and telecommunications terminology in context: Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN); Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL); cable modems; satellite downloads; T1 and T3 lines; magnitudes ("giga-,""nano-"); Central Processing Unit (CPU); Random Access Memory (RAM); Universal Serial Bus (USB); "Firewire," or IEEE 1394; hard disks; download rates; and display dimensions. (PEN)
Descriptors: Downloading, Jargon, Microcomputers, Modems, Satellites (Aerospace), Technological Advancement, Telecommunications, Video Display Terminals, Vocabulary
Publication Type: Reference Materials - Vocabularies/Classifications; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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