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Desktop PC

Any personal computing system that is small enough to be used at a desk.

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cell animation

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A process performed by software thatemulates traditional cell animation, which uses transparent celluloid sheets (“cells”or “cels”for short) to overlayactive elements in an animation frame onto a ...

cellular digital packet data (CDPD)

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A wireless standard providing two-way, 19. 2-Kbps packetdata transmission over existing cellular telephone channels.

censorship

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The action of preventing material that a party considers objectionable from circulating withina system of communication over which that party has some power. The Internet as a whole is not censored, ...

censorware

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Software that imposes restrictions on which Internet sites, newsgroups, or files may beaccessed by the user.

center

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To aligncharacters around a point located in the middle of a line, page, or other defined area; in effect, to place text anequal distance from each margin or border.

central office

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In communications, the switching center where interconnections between customers?communicationslines are made.

grok

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To understand deeply and appreciatively. The term comes from Robert A. Heinlein抯 novel Stranger in a Strange Land, where it is also a Martian word for 搕o drink?and implies the kind of devoted ...

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