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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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Manual

Internet; Internet communication

A book or a computer programme that contains a set of instructions about how to use a piece of software or hardware. The third-party manual can contain more tutorial and troubleshooting information ...

Mask

Internet; Internet communication

A philtre that holds back certain data and allows other data to pass. When defining numeric fields for a spreadsheet, parameters can be set to disallow certain values that are too high or too low.

Smoke test

Internet; Internet communication

A circuit board that survives after power is applied is said to have passed the smoke test. A short circuit or some other problem may result in a smoking circuit board.

Massage

Internet; Internet communication

To convert a file into another form. The term can also refer to one of the many different ways files or data are processed, or it may refer to the editing of image or text files.

Snail mail

Internet; Internet communication

Traditional paper mail sent by a postal service, taken from its relative slowness to arrive compared to electronic mail.

Manual feed

Internet; Internet communication

Used when adding one or more sheets of paper at a time to a printer rather than using the paper tray.

Master document

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A document that is split into several subdocuments but can still be manipulated in its entirety.

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