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Computer
Platform
The type of computer or operating system
(OS) on which a software application
is designed to operate on. Two computer
platforms include PC & Macintosh
while two software platforms include
Windows & Unix.
Plug-in
A computer software program installed
and used as part of a web browser. Once
installed, plug-in applications are
recognized by the browser and its function
integrated into the main HTML file being
presented.
Real Audio
A computer software program from Real
that enables web sites to serve audio
files to visitors by streaming the file
so that visitors do not have to wait
for the entire file to download before
it begins.
Tape
Magnetic tape is 1/2 inch wide, and
holds about 300,000 customer records
(depending on its size). Tape records
are sequential (one after the other)
whereas disk records can be in random
order. Tape is the cheapest way to store
information, but the data is hard to
get at. Tape is used for backup and
for sending information from one computer
to another. Direct marketing tapes are
9 track, and 1600 or 6250 bytes per
inch. They are ASCII or EBCDIC.
Terminal
A device that looks like a television
screen with a keyboard which, when hooked
up to a computer, enables you to enter
data into the computer, and receive
data from it which you see on the screen.
The alternative to a terminal is a PC.
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