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	Computer (Linux Reviews)
		Therefore, computers with capability and complexity ranging from that of a personal digital assistant to a supercomputer are all able to perform the same computational tasks as long as time and storage capacity are not considerations.
		In most cases, computer instructions are simple: add one number to another, move some data from one location to another, send a message to some external device, etc. These instructions are read from the computer's memory and are generally carried out (executed) in the order they were given.
		Computer operating systems and applications were modified to include the ability to define and access the resources of other computers on the network, such as peripheral devices, stored information, and the like, as extensions of the resources of an individual computer.
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	List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compiler is an application that compiles (programming language source code into the computer's machine language).
		In 1946, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she traced an error in the Harvard Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay.
		The term comes from paku paku which is a Japanese onomatopoeia (written version of a noise) used for noisy eating; similar to chomp chomp.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_computer_term_etymologies (4091 words)

	List of computer term etymologies - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compiler is an application that compiles (programming language source code into the computer's machine language).
		In 1946, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she traced an error in the Harvard Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay.
		"Java" was selected from a list of suggestions, primarily because a type of coffee is grown on the island of Java and, as the programmers drank a lot of coffee, this seemed an appropriate name.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/List_of_computer_term_etymologies (3935 words)

	Encyclopedia: List of computer term etymologies
		Computer hardware is the physical parts of a computer, as distinguished from the computer software or computer programs and data that operate within the hardware.
		A nibble (or less commonly, nybble) is the computing term for the aggregation of four bits, or half an octet (an octet being an 8-bit byte).
		Leonard Adleman Leonard Adleman (born December 31, 1945) is a theoretical computer scientist and professor of computer science and molecular biology at the University of Southern California.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/List-of-computer-term-etymologies (10646 words)

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	Nerd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The term nerd was adopted in the mid-1960s, inspired by philosopher Timothy Charles Paul Fuller to describe a stereotypical intelligent recluse with poor social skills, one who is often the butt of others' jokes.
		Evil nerds, typically embittered through a lifetime lived as a social outcast and seeking revenge upon the world, are a popular archetype for the supervillain, often as a mad scientist.
		The relationship of the terms "nerd" and "geek" to one another is disputed.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Nerd (1262 words)

	List of computer term etymologies - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In 1946, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay.
		The term was also (independently) used in a Dr. Seuss book, and on the TV show Happy Days, giving it national popularity.
		The term comes from paku paku which is a Japanese slang to describe the opening and closing of the mouth.
	open-encyclopedia.com /List_of_computer_term_etymologies (3257 words)

	List of computer term etymologies
		booting - The term booting a computer was inspired by the story of the Baron Munchhausen where he pulls himself out of a swamp by the straps on his boots.
		In 1946, she joined the Harvard Faculty at the Computation Laboratory where she traced an error in the Mark II to a moth trapped in a relay.
		The term was also (independently) used in a Dr. Seuss book, and on the TV show Happy Days, giving it national popularity.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/l/li/list_of_computer_term_etymologies.html (3237 words)

	List of computer term etymologies - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		List of computer term etymologies - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Computing
		Originally, the word computing was synonymous with counting and calculating, and a computer was a person who computes.
		Since the advent of the electronic computer, it has come to also mean the operation and usage of these machines, the electrical processes carried out within the computer hardware itself.
		It does not denote the theoretical concepts of creating programs to run on the computers themselves, though there is a subset of computer science that deals with the original sense of computing mathematical calculations.
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	Business Software Review:Category Top/Computers/Internet/Gopher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Another purported origin of the term is that ABEND is called " abend" because it is what system operators do to the computer late on Friday when they want to call it a day, and hence is from the German word " Abend" meaning "Evening".
		He was a computer programmer working at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory, and wanted a way for physicists to share information about their research.
		The URL was a simple way to specify the location of a document anywhere on the Internet in one simple name that specified a computer name, a file "path" on that machine, and a protocol to use in retrieving that file.
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	List of computer term etymologies Info - Encyclopedia WikiWhat.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., compiler is an application that compiles programming language code into the computer's machine language.
		For a list of the origins of names of computer companies see List of company name etymologies.
		When Bell Labs pulled out of MULTICS (MULTiplexed Information and Computing System), which was originally a joint Bell/GE/MIT project, Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie of Bell Labs wrote a simpler version of the operating system.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/l/li/list_of_computer_term_etymologies.html (1271 words)

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		Software bloat is a derogatory term used to describe the tendency of newer computer programs to use larger amounts of system resources (mass storage space, processing power and/or RAM) than older programs.
		Computer industry is a collective term used to describe the whole range of businesses involved in developing computer software, designing computer hardware, the manufacture of computer components and the provision of information technology services.
		An early toolbar on a Xerox Alto Computer In a graphical user interface on a computer monitor a toolbar is a row, column, or block of onscreen buttons or icons that, when clicked, activate certain functions of the program.
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	biology - Nerd
		The philosopher Timothy Charles Paul Fuller adopted the term nerd in the mid-1960s to describe a stereotypical intelligent recluse with poor social skills, one often the butt of others' jokes.
		Pundits and observers dispute the relationship of the terms "nerd" and "geek" to one another.
		Some claim that on the North American west coast the population prefers the term "geek" to "nerd", while the North American east coast prefers the word "nerd" to "geek" (see Ellen Spertus 's page on The Sexiest Geek Alive).
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Nerd (1315 words)

	Daemon (computer software) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Unix and other computer operating systems, a daemon is a particular class of computer program that runs in the background (computer software), rather than under the direct control of a user; they are usually instantiated as Computer processes.
		The programmers of CTSS coined the term by analogy to Maxwell's demon, and all the systems descended from it, including Unix, have inherited the terminology.
		Daemon (mythology) are characters in Greek mythology, some of whom handled tasks that the gods couldn't be bothered with, much like computer daemons often handle tasks in the background that the user can't be bothered with.
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	Wiki - Kitestop (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The most prominent one on almost every wiki is the so-called "Recent changes" page, which displays a list of either a specific number of recent edits or a list of all edits that have been made within a given timeframe.
		Wiki wiki was the first Hawaiian term he learned on his first visit to the islands, when the airport counter agent directed him to take the wiki wiki bus between terminals.
		All known public wikis are listed at WorldWideWiki: SwitchWiki (http://www.worldwidewiki.net/wiki/SwitchWiki), which currently lists about 1000 public wiki communities (as of 2004-06-12).
	www.kitestop.com /wiki/index.php?title=Wiki (2311 words)

	WIKI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Some wikis allow the list to be filtered so that minor edits - or edits that have been made by automatic importing scripts - can be excluded.
		A regular user of the wiki can view the diff of a change listed on the "Recent changes" page and, if it is an unacceptable edit, consult the history to restore a previous revision.
		All known public wikis are listed at WorldWideWiki: SwitchWiki, which currently lists about 1000 public wiki communities.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/wi/Wiki.htm (2156 words)

	CPU cache - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		A CPU cache is a cache used by the central processing unit of a computer to reduce the average time to access memory.
		Once the address has been computed, the one cache index which might have a copy of that datum is known.
		This cache is generally implemented on a separate chip from the CPU, and, as of 2004, may range in size from 2 to 256 megabytes.
	arthistoryclub.com /art_history/L1_cache (6576 words)

	Wiki - TipJunky.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The name was based on the Hawaiian term wiki wiki, meaning "quick" or "informal." It is used commonly in Hawaii as part of its rich "pidgin English"—the creole language of the islands.
		The term CamelCase comes from the uppercase "bumps" in the middle of the compound word, suggesting the humps of a camel.
		The most prominent, on almost every wiki, is the "Recent Changes" page—a specific list numbering recent edits, or a list of all the edits made within a given timeframe.
	www.tipjunky.com /index.php?title=Wiki (2304 words)

	Wikinfo \| Nerd
		The stereotypical nerd image as seen in the mass media and cartoons is a young man wearing thick fl glasses (preferably broken and taped up with electrical tape), pocket protectors and dress shirts or clothes that are in general too formal for the circumstances in which they are worn.
		Some self-proclaimed "nerds" use the term to describe any person who is deeply interested in science, technology and/or mathematics.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Nerd (485 words)

	Wiki - Demokraatia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Some wikis allow the list to be filtered so that minor edits - or edits that have been made by automatic importing scripts ("bots") - can be excluded.
		In any case, its position as the largest wiki has lead to it sometimes being referred to as the Mother wiki on smaller, subject-specific wikis.
		All known public wikis are listed at WorldWideWiki: SwitchWiki, which currently lists about 1000 public wiki communities (as of 2004-06-12).
	wiki.demokraatia.ee /index.php/Wiki (1438 words)

	Wiki - Triton Wiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		A Wiki (pronounced "wicky" or "weeky") is a website (or other hypertext document collection) that allows any user to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows that content to be edited by others.
		It is hard to determine which wiki engines are the most popular, although a list of leading candidates might include UseMod, TWiki, MoinMoin, OpenWiki and MediaWiki.
		Dozens of jargon terms have emerged in the wiki community.
	www.itu.dk /~sla/wiki/index.php/Wiki (2287 words)

	W:wiki - Mac OS X Server FAQ
		A Wiki or wiki (pronounced "wicky", "weekee" or "veekee"; see pronunciation section below) is a website (or other hypertext document collection) that allows a user to add content, as on an Internet forum, but also allows that content to be edited by anybody.
		Wiki (with a capital 'W') and WikiWikiWeb are sometimes used to refer specifically to the Portland Pattern Repository, the first-ever wiki.
		In any case, its position as the largest wiki has led to it sometimes being referred to as the Mother wiki on smaller, subject-specific wikis.
	macos-x-server.com /wiki/index.php?title=W:wiki (1412 words)

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