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What is CPU?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:27 AM on November 20, 2007

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Abbreviation of central processing unit, and pronounced as separate letters. The CPU is the brains of the computer. Sometimes referred to simply as the processor or central processor, the CPU is where most calculations take place. In terms of computing power, the CPU is the most important element of a computer system.

Answered at 7:29 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is Crawler?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:27 AM on November 20, 2007

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A program that automatically fetches Web pages. Spiders are used to feed pages to search engines. It's called a spider because it crawls over the Web. Another term for these programs is webcrawler. Because most Web pages contain links to other pages, a spider can start almost anywhere. As soon as it sees a link to another page, it goes off and fetches it.

Answered at 7:29 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is Controller Card?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:28 AM on November 20, 2007

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The controller card, or simply "controller," is a piece of hardware that acts as the interface between the motherboard and the other components of the computer. For example, hard drives, optical drives, printers, keyboards, and mice all require controllers to work. Most computers have all the necessary controllers built in the motherboard as chips, not full-sized cards. However, if you add additional components such as a SCSI hard drive, you may need to add a controller card as well. Controller cards are typically installed in one of the computer's PCI slots.

Answered at 6:33 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is Copy?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:28 AM on November 20, 2007

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To copy a piece of data to a temporary location. In word processing, for example, copying refers to duplicating a section of a document and placing it in a buffer (sometimes called a clipboard). The term copy differs from cut, which refers to actually removing a section of a document and placing it in a buffer.

Answered at 6:29 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is Cookie?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:28 AM on November 20, 2007

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A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

Answered at 6:32 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is CRM?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:27 AM on November 20, 2007

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Customer relationship management (CRM) is a broad term that covers concepts used by companies to manage their relationships with customers, including the capture, storage and analysis of customer, vendor, partner, and internal process information.

Answered at 7:27 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is Codec?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:29 AM on November 20, 2007

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Short for compressor/decompressor, a codec is any technology for compressing and decompressing data. Codecs can be implemented in software, hardware, or a combination of both. Some popular codecs for computer video include MPEG, Indeo and Cinepak.

Answered at 6:26 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is CPA?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:28 AM on November 20, 2007

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Cost Per Action (CPA) for banner ads; the fee charged every time a user completes a desired action, such as filling out a form, downloading software, or viewing a series of pages.

Answered at 6:27 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is Counter?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:28 AM on November 20, 2007

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Counters are (usually) numerical counters displayed on some Internet web pages. Once set up, these counters will be incremented one every time the web page is retrieved (viewed on a web browser).

Answered at 6:28 PM on November 21, 2007

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What is CPC?

Asked by Poo in Computers & Technology at 7:29 AM on November 20, 2007

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Short for cost-per-click, an Internet marketing formula used to price online advertisements. Advertisers will pay Internet publishers based on the number of clicks a specific ad gets.

Answered at 6:27 PM on November 21, 2007

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