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Internet communication

All the ways used by people to communicate with each other over the Internet, including e-mail, instant messaging (IM), feedback on blogs, contact forms on Web sites, industry forums, chat rooms and social networking sites.

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Internet communication

Operation code

Internet; Internet communication

The part of a machine language instruction that tells a computer what to do.

Opendoc

Internet; Internet communication

A standard that lets multiple programmes work on a single document.

Hook

Internet; Internet communication

A location in a software's application where programming that invokes a certain function is inserted.

Hot swap

Internet; Internet communication

To replace a computer component while the computer is on. This ability is especially important for mainframe computers or servers in a client-server system that can't afford downtime. These computers ...

Packet

Internet; Internet communication

A block of data transmitted from one computer to another on a network or on the Internet. A packet contains three parts: the data to be transmitted, the data needed to guide the packet to its ...

Page

Internet; Internet communication

A set amount of stored information in memory. In word processing and graphics programs, a page is the amount of information on-screen that would take up one printed page. On the Internet, a page ...

Hit

Internet; Internet communication

Each individual request made in a Web server's log. The number of hits a Web page receives equals the number of times a part of that page has been accessed. One Web page could receive as many hits as ...

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