An interface that requires you to enter text commands to activate programs or features. See also graphical user interface. The way in which hardware or software is set up. For example, a modem program can be configured to send information at 9600 or 14,400 bits per second. Many aspects of a computer or program have to be configured the first time you use it.
Hospitals keep databases of patient data, pharmacy data, financial data, and more.
A subject-based listing of sites available on the Internet. A physical mechanism for storing information. A floppy disk holds 1.4 megabytes, or about 1,000 pages of text. See also memory, CD-ROM, hard disk. To transfer text or pictures from a computer on the Internet to the desktop computer in front of you.