Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter. A chip located on your computer's serial port that regulates the flow of information into and out of the serial port. A slow UART might cause a bottleneck when used with a fast modem.
A multi-user text-based operating system on which the Internet runs.Unix is a fast and powerful OS, but to use it requires a high level of technical sophistication and memorization of hundreds of commands, which makes it impractical for your average Internet user. Most personal computers today run on GUI operating systems.
Acronym for Universal Serial Bus. USB is known as a plug and play interface between a computer and a peripheral, such as a mouse, keyboard, digital camera, printer or scanner. Unlike devices connected via SCSI ports, USB devices can be added to and removed from the computer without having to reboot the computer.
To transfer a file from one computer to another. The word upload usually refers to a transfer between a smaller computer -- a "client" -- and a larger one -- a mainframe, server or "host." The opposite, which is far more common on the World Wide Web, is called a download.
Uniform Resource Locator: simply put, an address to a file on the World Wide Web.
A worldwide bulletin board system that can be accessed through the Internet or through many online services. The USENET contains more than 14,000 forums, called newsgroups that cover every imaginable interest group. It is used daily by millions of people around the world.
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