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Data and Telecommunications, terms, concepts and abbreviations.
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Printed Circuit Board
It usually consists of a metallic conductor pattern on an organic insulating substrate, more complex circuits have several layers stacked togeather. After assembly where components are added, it is known as a printed wiring assembly (PWA).
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Computer Hardware parts, abbreviations and concepts.
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RAM
RAM is a type of computer storage whose contents can be accessed in any order. This is in contrast to sequential memory devices such as magnetic tapes, discs and drums, in which the mechanical movement of the storage medium forces the computer to access data in a fixed order. It is usually implied that RAM can be both written to and read from, in contrast to read-only memory or ROM.
Computers use RAM to hold the program code and data during execution. In the first electronic computers, RAM wa... |
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Graphic Design & prepress terms from desktop publishing to offset printing.
(14 terms)
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Linux/Unix Terms and Commands.
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TCP
Used in conjunction with the Internet Protocol (IP) to transmit information over the Internet in the form of units.
While IP takes care of handling the actual delivery of the data, TCP takes care of keeping track of the packets that a message is divided into for efficient routing through the Internet. For example, when a web page is downloaded from a web server, the TCP program layer in that server divides the file into packets, numbers the packets, and then forwards them individually to the ... |
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Photography terms and concepts, including digital and traditional photographic techniques.
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Chromatic-aberration
A lens defect that bends light rays of different colors at different angles and therefore focuses them on different planes.
This is common with low-end digital cameras and small consumer point-and-shoot models. |
Web design termonology, concepts, and abbreviations.
(46 terms)
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