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| Hard Copy: |
A print paper copy of the program code or document on a computer. An example
of a softcopy is an Excel or Word document. |
| Hard Drive: |
A computer's non-removable internal disk drive which is used for the storage of
data, documents and the computer's programs and operating system. |
| Hardware: | Refers to the physical pieces of a computer system which includes the monitor, CPU, memory, storage disks drives, printers, scanners, and networking equipment. |
| Heat Sink: |
A device or substance that is used to dissipate heat commonly produced by electronic
equipment and components. |
| HTML: |
Also known as Hypertext Markup Language, is the coding language used on the World
Wide Web. HTML is commonly used for creating web pages on the Internet. |
| HTTP: |
An application protocol which is a set of rules for exchanging files, documents,
images, sound, video, etc. on the World Wide Web.
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| HyperThreading: |
An propriety technology of Intel which is used to improve the parallelization of
computations performed on a PC's microprocessors by simultaneuosly multithreading. |
| Hyperlink: |
Commonly called a link, is an connection between one web page and another.
These links can be for other pages within the same site or to another site altogether.
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