Internet communication

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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boot partition

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A section of the boot drive that contains the computer's startup files.

boot sequence

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The boot sequence defines where the system looks for the OS (operating system). The computer's BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) can be set to look for the OS on drives in a specific order. The BIOS ...

bootable diskette

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contains the necessary part of the operating system so the computer can boot up. Most computers with hard drives boot from that, but older computers might boot from diskettes in the A: or B: drive.

bootleg

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An illegally reproduced copy of a piece of software. Many manufacturers attempt to foil bootleggers by incorporating anti-copy measures into their products.

bootstrap

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In computers, to bootstrap or "to boot is to load a program into a computer using a much smaller initial program to load in the desired program which is usually an operating system.

bot

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An abbreviation for robot. Bot usually refers to software that executes some function automatically. Search engines typically use bots to seek out Web sites and record information about the sites for ...