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Internet communication
All the ways used by people to communicate with each other over the Internet, including e-mail, instant messaging (IM), feedback on blogs, contact forms on Web sites, industry forums, chat rooms and social networking sites.
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removable hard drive
Internet; Internet communication
A hard drive in a plastic or metal cartridge that can be used and removed in a manner similar to a diskette. A major benefit of this type of hard drive is that it can be moved from one computer to ...
half-life
Internet; Internet communication
A measurement for the amount of time a radioactive substance takes to lose half of its atoms. In technology, it refers to the amount of time that it takes for a storage device to loose half of its ...
queue
Internet; Internet communication
Operations such as printing that are being held, usually in the order received, before the computer executes them. Also refers to lining up these operations. When referring to programming, it means ...
keyboard buffer
Internet; Internet communication
A specific location in a computer's memory where keystrokes from the keyboard are stored until the computer acts upon them. This allows fast typists to continue typing even if the computer is unable ...
quicken interchange format (QIF)
Internet; Internet communication
The file format used by Intuit software to store financial data. A QIF file can be imported into programs such as Intuit Quicken or Microsoft Money.
keyboard controller
Internet; Internet communication
A small microprocessor built into a keyboard that passes keystroke data to the main computer.
quiesce
Internet; Internet communication
To render a computer, application, or other resource inactive without removing the item from the system. In this way, technicians can reactivate the resource much more quickly than they could if they ...
