As such it covers everything from phones to computers. A populist concept being driven in the media due to the impact telecommunication and computing is having on the creation of global networks, particularly the Internet. Known also as the infobahn. The term used for movement of data, into or out, of a computer system. Protocol used by Novell's Netware network operating system to route packets of data over a local, or wide area network.
All database systems permit some form of inquiry.
An electronic circuit formed on a single chip of semiconductor material, usually silicone. The company which designs and manufactures microprocessor chips for PCs. Most IBM compatible PCs use Intel processors. The small minority that do not use either clone Intel processors, such as Cyrix, Motorola processors in an Apple PC, or RISC processors manufactured by the Apple, IBM and Motorola consortium. It can also refer to human interaction with the computer, for example, using a graphical interface such as Windows.