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`4500 COMPUTER TERMSEXPLAINED
`COVERS THE MOST CURRENT
`COMPUTERTERMINOLOGY WITH CLEAR
`JARGON--FREE DEFINITIONS
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`Webster's New World
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`World dictionary of computer terms.
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`Webster's New World dictionary of computer terms.
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`Rev. ed. of: Webster's New World dictionary of com-
`puter terms I compiled by Laura Darcy and Louise Bos-
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`IBM Personal SystemIZ"
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`11B
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`floppy disks and/or a hard disk. The three members of this
`family include the IBM PC". IBM PC-XT". and IBM PC-AT".
`IBM Personal SyetamIZ" A family of microcomputer systems
`manufactured by the IBM Corporation.
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`IC An abbreviation for INTEGRATED CIRCUIT. a complex elec-
`tronic circuit fabricated on a simple piece of material. usu-
`ally a silicon chip.
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`ICCA See INDEPENDENT COMPUTER CONSULTATNS ASSO-
`CIATION.
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`ICCE See INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL FOR COMPUTERS IN
`EDUCATION.
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`ICCP See INSTITUTE FOR CER11FICA'I10N OF COMPUTER
`PROFESSIONALS.
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`ICES An abbreviation for INTEGRATED CIVIL ENGINEERING
`SYSTEM. A system developed to aid civil engineers in solv-
`lng engineering problems. Consists of several engineering
`systems and programming languages.
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`Icon A tiny on-screen symbol that simplifies access to a pro-
`gram, command. or data file. For example, a wastebasltet
`may represent the command to delete a file. It is activated
`by moving the cursor onto the icon and pressing a button
`or key.
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`ICOT An acronym for INS11TUTE FOR NEW GENERATION
`COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY. the Institute conducting Japan's
`fifthogeneration research project.
`ICPEM See INDEPENDENT COMPUTER PERIPHERAL EOUIP—
`MENT MANUFACTURERS.
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`ICS An abbreviation for IRISH COMPUTER SOCIETY.
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`Identification division One of the four main component parts
`of a COBOL program.
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`Identifier A symbol whose purpose is to identify, indicate. or
`name a program. subprogram. or body of data.
`Idle characters Characters used in data communications to
`synchronize the transmission.
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`idla time The time that a computer system Is available for usa.
`but Is not in actual operation.
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