
Title: C79EGMST CreationDate: 02/10/98 09:24:42
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Personalization Editor . A feature that
helps you to identify your computer when identical computers are being used in your location, or to deter theft.
| MCI . | Media | Control | Interface. | picture | 
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| memory | . | Often | referred | to | as pixel | . | Picture | element. | 
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| measured | in | kilobytes | (KB) | or | 
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| MHz . | Megahertz. | 
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