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  2. PDF - Wikipedia

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    HTML Form format HTML 4.01 Specification since PDF 1.5; HTML 2.0 since 1.2 Forms Data Format (FDF) based on PDF, uses the same syntax and has essentially the same file structure, but is much simpler than PDF since the body of an FDF document consists of only one required object. Forms Data Format is defined in the PDF specification (since PDF 1.2).

  3. Machine-readable medium and data - Wikipedia

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    Machine-readable data must be structured data. [1]Attempts to create machine-readable data occurred as early as the 1960s. At the same time that seminal developments in machine-reading and natural-language processing were releasing (like Weizenbaum's ELIZA), people were anticipating the success of machine-readable functionality and attempting to create machine-readable documents.

  4. Peripheral - Wikipedia

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    A peripheral device, or simply peripheral, is an auxiliary hardware device that a computer uses to transfer information externally. [1] A peripheral is a hardware component that is accessible to and controlled by a computer but is not a core component of the computer.

  5. Machine-readable document - Wikipedia

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    The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format used to present documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems. Each PDF file encapsulates a complete description of the presentation of the document, including the text, fonts, graphics, and other information needed to display it.

  6. Glossary of computer hardware terms - Wikipedia

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    The enclosure that contains most of the components of a computer, usually excluding the display, keyboard, mouse, and various other peripherals. computer fan An active cooling system forcing airflow inside or around a computer case using a fan to cause air cooling. An 80×80×25 mm computer fan computer form factor

  7. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    PAN—Personal Area Network; PAP—Password Authentication Protocol; PARC—Palo Alto Research Center; PATA—Parallel ATA; PBS—Portable Batch System; PC—Personal Computer; PCB—Printed Circuit Board; PCB—Process Control Block; PC DOS—Personal Computer Disc Operating System; PCI—Peripheral Component Interconnect; PCIe—PCI Express ...

  8. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    An internetwork is the connection of multiple different types of computer networks to form a single computer network using higher-layer network protocols and connecting them together using routers. The Internet is the largest example of internetwork. It is a global system of interconnected governmental, academic, corporate, public, and private ...

  9. Glossary of electrical and electronics engineering - Wikipedia

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    A network for interconnection of computers and peripherals. DC injection braking A method of slowing an AC electric motor by passing direct current through its windings. DC-to-DC converter A circuit that takes power from a DC source and generates a different DC voltage. degaussing