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Select the first letter of the word from the list above to jump to appropriate section of the glossary or type the term on which you want to search.
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bold
- (boldface) a font that is darker than the normal. Contemporary word processors allow a user to change a font to boldface with the click of a button.
bomb
- a tremendous failure with regard to a computer project of any type or a software application.
bookmark
- a feature on a Web browser that allows the user to store one or more favorite Websites or URLs, save them in a folder, and have them readily accessible by a couple of simple mouse clicks. Bookmarks are also referred to as Favorites.
boolean
- (boolean logic) a system of locating and retrieving computer data by the use of certain words such as AND, OR, XOR and NOT.
boot
- to start a computer. Derived from the word bootstrap.
boot disk
- software used to start a computer.
bot
- slang expression for robot, a program that runs automatically. Among the uses for bots are to locate information on the World Wide Web and for the automatic collection of email addresses.
bounce
- 1. the return of undeliverable email to the sender.
2. to transfer incoming email without identifying who forwarded it.
bounding box
- (box) an invisible enclosure surrounding a graphic that allows the user to manipulate the image with handles represented by small black squares. It also determines the true size of the image.
Bps
- when written with a capital B, Bytes per second.
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A few words from Tech Support:
"Don't write anything down. We can play back the error messages from here."
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