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ASCII - American Standard Code for Information Interchange
Provides a standard representation for English characters, with each letter assigned a number from 0 to 127. These codes enable data to be exchanged from one computer to another
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Assembly Language
A programming language in which each machine language instruction is represented by mnemonic characters
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Bulletin Board System
A computer system that functions as a centralized info source and message switching system for a particular interest group.
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Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The hardware that contains the circuits that control the interpretation and execution of instructions and that serves as the principal data processing device
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Checkpoint
Any one of a series of points during a long processing run at which an exact copy of all data values and status indicators of a program are captures, also backs up data.
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Compiler
A computer program that converts a source program into an object program.
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Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM)
A manufacturing approach in which much of the manufacturing process is performed and monitored by computerized equipment.
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Cooperative processing
A system that permits the computers in a distributed proceiing network to share the use of another end user's application program.
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Data buffer
A temporary storage area, usually in RAM, that holds data before or after being processed by the microprocessor.
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Database Management System (DBMS)
A complex software package that permits users to access info from the database. Does no actually run application programs.
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Decision Table
A table that indicates the alternative logic conditions and actions to be taken in a program.
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