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A method of connection to the internet using existing copper phone lines using a modem on the client's end to send information at a slow speed, normally reaching maximum speed at about 56 kbit/s. This technology uses the voice spectrum of the telephone lines to transmit data using a system of sounds that only the receiving modem or ISP understand.
Internet-related prefixes such as e-, i-, cyber-, info-, techno-and net-are added to a wide range of existing words to describe new, Internet- or computer-related flavors of existing concepts, often electronic products and services that already have a non-electronic counterpart.
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). However, there are other terms with less obvious origins, which are of etymological interest.
The term can also be used as part of an action; to "perform I/O" is to perform an input or output operation. I/O devices are the pieces of hardware used by a human (or other system) to communicate with a computer. For instance, a keyboard or computer mouse is an input device for a computer, while monitors and printers are output devices.
The terms Internet and World Wide Web are often used without much distinction. However, the two terms do not mean the same thing. The Internet is a global system of computer networks interconnected through telecommunications and optical networking.
The Internet (or internet) [a] is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) [b] to communicate between networks and devices. It is a network of networks that consists of private , public, academic, business, and government networks of local to global scope, linked by a broad array of ...
System monitor, a hardware or software component used to monitor system resources and performance in a computer system Virtual machine monitor, or hypervisor , is a software that creates and runs virtual machines, allowing multiple operating system images to run simultaneously on a single piece of hardware
The Internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks. Internet may also refer to: Internet (web browser), by Amazon; Internet Co., Ltd., a software company based in Japan; The Internet (band), a soul music band "Internets", a catchphrase to portray someone as ignorant about technology "The Internet" , a 2017 television episode