Computer Apps class
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andreaefraser on August 22, 2008
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19 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 accentuate | To emphasize or intensify a word or idea |
| ROM | Read only memory |
| Abrogate | To put an end to an agreement or abolish |
| Handwriting recognition | A computers ability to read intelligible hand written input data. |
| Abstemious | self discipline or use of abstinence |
| 802.11 b or g | Wireless connections known as wi-fi |
| Acumen | shrewdness, or keen insight |
| Adobe post script | a language created by Adobe to better describe a page to be printed. |
| Antebellum | before the civil war |
| Random access memory | allows for random rewriting and storage on the chip as needed. |
| Auspicious | promising success, or favorable |
| BIOS | basic input output system/ it starts up the computer |
| belie | to prove wrong or contradict |
| ARPANET | was the world's first packet switching network. 8-14-08 |
| Bellicose | eager to fight or aggressively hostile |
| Colloquialism | written or spoken communication that seeks to imitate informal language. |
| Transistor | semiconductor device commonly used to switch electronically devices. First made by Bell Researches |
| Bowdlerize | to remove content that is inappropriate, or considered offensive |
| Capacitor | - an electronic device that can store energy. |
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