Dictionary of
`Computer and
`Internet Terms
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`Eleventh Edition
`
`Douglas A. Downing, Ph.D.
`School of Business and Economics
`Seattle Pacific University
`
`Michael A. Covington, Ph.D.
`Artificial Intelligence Center
`The University of Georgia
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`Melody Mauldin Covington
`Covington Innovations
`Athens, Georgia
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`Catherine Anne Barrett, B.A.
`University of Kentucky Law School
`Lexington, Kentucky
`
`Sharon Covington, B.A.
`Covington Innovations
`Athens, Georgia
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`ABOUT THE AUTHORS
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`the School of
`Douglas Downing teaches economics and quantitative methods at
`Business and Economics at Seattle Pacific University. He is the author of several
`books in both Barron’s E-Z and Business Reviewseries. He is also the authorof Java
`Programming the Easy Way and Dictionary of Mathematics Terms, published by
`Barron’s Educational Series,
`Inc. He holds the Ph.D. degree in economics from
`(ale University.
`Michael Covington is Associate Director of the Artificial Intelligence Institute at
`the University of Georgia. He is the author of several books and over 250 magazine
`articles. He holds the Ph.D. degree in linguistics from Yale University.
`Melody Mauldin Covingtonis a graphic designerliving in Athens, Georgia. Sheis
`the author of Dictionary of Desktop Publishing (published by Barron’s).
`Catherine Anne Barrett is a graduate of the Lamar Dodd School of Art (University
`of Georgia) and a student at University of Kentucky Law School.
`Sharon Covingtonis a graduate of Emory University.
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`ISBN: 978-0-764 1-4755-5
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`Library of Congress Control Number: 2012021295
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`Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
`Dictionary of computer and internet
`terms / Douglas A. Downing... [et al.]. —
`Eleventhed.
`
`©M.
`Pp.
`Includes bibliographical references andindex.
`ISBN 978-0-7641-4755-5 (alk. paper)
`1. Computers—Dictionaries.
`2.
`Internet—Dictionaries.
`QA76.15.D667
`2012
`004.03-de23
`
`1. Downing, Douglas.
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`2012021295
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