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API
anon
Application Program Interface, interface between operating system (OS) and application programs
9/1/2010 8:30:07 AM

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beta version
argyle
public testing stage or version of computer software designed to identify bugs and suggest improvements
6/6/2009 6:54:57 AM

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Blekko
anon
Search engine competitor of Google, Yahoo, Bing. Blekko's slogan is Slash the Web. According to their website, Blekko is a better way to search the web by using slashtags as a tool to filter search results as narrow (/scuba) or as broad (/favorites) as de
11/6/2010 2:47:36 PM

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captcha
ladia
input on webform to prevent computers from submitting form
7/10/2010 10:17:10 AM

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CAPTCHA
anon
acronym for "completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart"; security image software written in ASP that displays a security image on websites forms; the image, numbers and alpha can only be read by humans.
7/10/2010 3:39:14 PM

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CLI
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Command Line Interfaces, user-computer interactions (commands) which use only text (no mouse or other pointer) and are accessed solely by a keyboard such as MS DOS.
9/1/2010 8:40:13 AM

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cybersquatting
anon
altering a legitimate domain name or internet site in order to fraudulently misdirect internet shoppers
6/7/2010 8:51:34 AM

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digital Emily
chaco
digitally constructed human face
10/25/2009 4:00:36 PM

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Facebook
emma
social network website: alternative to face-to-face social life; similar to a school yearbook; chat with existing friends, meet new friends; engage in discussions; features wall, poke, photos, and status
6/13/2009 10:07:19 AM

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12/12/2012 11:13:21 AM

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gigabyte
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A gigabyte is 2 to the 30th power, or 1,073,741,824 bytes.
10/25/2009 4:24:06 PM

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GUI
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Graphic User Interface (GUI): the computer user interacts with the computer with a mouse rather than with a keyboard. Unlike CLI, Command Line Interfaces, which use only text and are accessed solely by a keyboard such as MS DOS.
9/1/2010 8:38:33 AM

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HTML
anon
HyperText Markup Language: text and image formatting language used by web browsers to format internet web pages
9/4/2010 9:50:48 AM

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https (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure)
Monica
https:// is a computer code prefix in URLs indicating a website will communicate with your browser using a secure code that is difficult to eavesdrop. Nothing sent over the internet is 100% secure, and the government keeps the most secure algorithms to
10/24/2010 10:18:05 AM

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Hunch
Anon
site founded by Caterina Fake, co-founder of Flickr, helps people make decisions from what books to read, movies to watch, food to eat, and clothes to wear. Source: FutureTense. publicradio.org/columns/futuretense
4/16/2010 8:57:54 PM

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Java
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A programming language that bills itself to be runnable on any machine. It derives from the C and C++ family of languages.
2/6/2011 7:07:50 AM

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net neutrality
compumama
"open internet"; agreement among Internet Service Providers and governments that all information sent over the internet is given equal priority
8/13/2010 7:02:46 PM

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