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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.

Contributors in Internet communication

Internet communication

contrast ratio

Internet; Internet communication

A measure of how much darker a monitor's darkest black is compared to the monitor's lightest white.

convention

Internet; Internet communication

A standard, whether formal or informal, that is applied fairly universally in a given situation.

conversational

Internet; Internet communication

An interactive mode of operation in which a computer is interacting with the user in an exchange of commands and system responses.

converter

Internet; Internet communication

Hardware or software that changes information or electrical signals from one format into another for use by a system or device requiring a format other than the original.

cookie

Internet; Internet communication

Information from a Web site sent to a browser and stored on a user's hard drive so the Web site can retrieve it later.

cooperative processing

Internet; Internet communication

An operation mode in which multiple computers work on different parts of the same program or on the same data.

cable segment

Internet; Internet communication

A length of cable running between different PC components or between devices on a network. A segment can consist of a single cable or multiple cables connected to each other.

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