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- icon
- a small graphic which when clicked runs a
program, executes a command or opens a document.
- impact printer
- printer in which something strikes paper
and ribbon together to form a character, like in a typewriter.
- information
- data that has been processed into useful
form
- ink jet printer
- printer that sprays ink onto paper to
form characters
- input
- everything you tell the computer
- input device
- device used to give the computer data or
commands. Includes keyboard, mouse, scanner, etc.
- input/output storage
- where keystrokes and data are stored as
they are input or output before being processed
- insert
- add text at location without overwriting
existing text
- Integrated Software
- a program combining the basic features of
several other programs.
- interlaced
- a scanning pattern for monitors that
scans every other row of pixels.
- internal device
- plugs into a slot inside a computer
- interpreter
- program which translates the program
statements into machine language one line at a time as the program
is running
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IRC
- see "chat"
- ISA slot
- older type of slot on motherboard for
peripheral device boards
- ISDN terminal adapter
- Integrated Services Digital Network. A digital device which connects
a computer to a digital communications line
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instant messaging
- a program which notifies you when your "friends" (people on
your list) are online. You can write them messages which they
receive right away (instantly). Usually only the person you send a
message to can read it.
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