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personal computer
- see PC.
PgDn key
- see Page Down key.
PGP
- (Pretty Good Privacy) a free security application developed by Phillip Zimmerman that allows users to email files anywhere in the world. The program includes a feature that lets the sender know the files were received and that they actually came from the sender. Additionally, PGP Security offers a complete line of network security software, available from Network Associates of Santa Clara California.
PgUp key
- see Page Up key.
Photo CD
- a proprietary format for the digital storage of photographs developed by Kodak. A special Photo CD Player along with special software is needed to read the discs.
photo scanner
- an optical scanner that specializes in scanning photos. Photo scanners usually offer better resolution than conventional scanners.
PhotoShop
- a popular image editing program produced by Adobe that allows a user to create original artwork, retouch or dramatically modify photographs, and create special effects for a wide variety of projects such as magazines, books, posters, or Web pages. Many artists feel PhotoShop is the standard by which other image editing software is judged.
phreaking
- similar to hacking, only the phreaker’s goal is to access a phone system for the purpose of making free long distance calls. see cracker, hack, hacker.
physical
- 1. relating to computer hardware.
2. in contrast to virtual, or a computer generated world, physical refers to the tangible world. For example, some netizens have expressed the desire to leave the physical world for a full time existence in cyberspace.
PIF
- (Program Information File) in DOS and Windows, a file that contains instructions on how to run a program other than DOS or Windows.

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A few words from Tech Support:
"If you're an intern, feel free to bring in all your friends from college and have your Daddy complain to our boss when we won't let them use the scanner. We had no friends when we were in college; that's why we're such a bunch of tight-assed little twerps."
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