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Understanding Computer Terms

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icon

A small picture that represents a menu command, file, program, tool, or peripheral.

interactive

A computer program that responds to you as if you were having a conversation. You give instructions; computer performs an action (or requests additional information). Computer games and multimedia tutorials are interactive programs.

interface

A means of communication between two entities. A person and a computer interface through an operating system (OS). Two computers interface through protocol. Computers on the Web use hypertext transfer protocol (http://). See OS and http://.

Internet

A worldwide collection of computer networks that are interconnected so that users can share electronic information.

Internet Explorer

See Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Internet keyboard

A keyboard that resembles a typewriter keyboard but is equipped with special buttons programmed to connect to the Internet.

Internet phone

A video telephone that allows you to make long-distance calls over the Internet.

ISO 9660 Format

The most common international standard for the logical format for files and directories on a CD-ROM. Some other common logical formats such as Joliet and Rock Ridge are extensions of ISO 9660.

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