The property of nickel-cadmium (NiCad) batteries that causes them to lose their capacity for full recharging if they are discharged...
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(n) Indicates that a product can work with or is equivalent to another, better-known product. The term is often used...
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A terminal (monitor and keyboard) that contains processing power. Intelligent terminals include memory and a processor to perform special display...
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Parity checking uses parity bits to check that data has been transmitted accurately. The parity bit is added to every...
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The quality of being either odd or even. The fact that all numbers have a parity is commonly used in...
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A simple error-detection scheme in which each transmitted message is accompanied by a numerical value based on the number of...
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Not working. A computer system is said to be down when it is not available to users. This can occur...
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A special, non-printing character that begins, modifies, or ends a function, event, operation or control operation. The ASCII character set...
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(v.) To make a computer system or network recognize you so that you can begin a computer session. Most personal...
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The mode of parity checking in which each 9-bit combination of a data byte plus a parity bit contains an...
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