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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:
"If you need to buy a computer for your daughter in college, feel free to pick our brains while we're taking a leak. We're good at talking shop with our dicks in our hands."
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