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CD-ROM
Compact
Disk-Read Only Memory; an optical disk from which information
may be read but not written.
CD-R or
Compact Disk-Recordable
Refers
to computer peripheral disk drives that allow the user to record
content on to a blank compact disk.
Client
A
computer that has access to services over a computer network.
The computer providing the services is a server. Note: in an
X-11 environment, the meanings of client and server are
reversed.
Client-Server
Architecture
An
information-passing scheme that works as follows: a client
program, such as Mosaic, sends a request to a server. The server
takes the request, disconnects from the client and processes the
request. When the request is processed, the server reconnects to
the client program and the information is transferred to the
client. This architecture differs from traditional Internet
databases where the client connects to the server and runs the
program from the remote site. Note: in an X-11 environment,
the meanings of client and server are reversed.
Configuration
This
is a general-purpose computer term that can refer to the way you
have your computer set up. It is also used to describe the total
combination of hardware components that make up a computer
system and the software settings that allow various hardware
components of a computer system to communicate with one another.
Configure
The
act of changing software or hardware actions by changing the
settings.
CyberMall
A
term commonly used to describe an electronic site shared by a
number of commercial interests.
Cyberspace
A
term coined by William Gibson in his novel "Neuromancer"
to refer to a near-future computer network where users mentally
travel through matrices of data. The term is now used to
describe the Internet and the other computer networks.
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