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G	Gigabyte Gopher (computer) Grabber Graphical User Interface Graphics Mode Graphics Tablet Grey Scale

H	Halftone (computer) Handshake Hard Disk High Resolution Hollerith, Herman Hopper, Grace Murray Hot Spot (computer science) HyperCard Hypermedia Hypertext Hypertext Markup Language

I	Icon (computer) Information Revolution Information Storage and Retrieval Information Technology in Education Input/Output Input/Output Device Instruction Set Integrated Circuit Intelligent Terminal Interface Interleaving International Business Machines Corporation Internet Intranet ISA

J	Java (computer) Joystick

K	Kermit Kilo- Kilobyte

L	LAN Manager Laser Printer Library (computer) Light Pen Line Printer Linear Programming LISP Local Area Network Logo Low Resolution LPT

N	Netscape Communications Corporation Network Network Computer Neural Network Node

O	Object Code Object-Oriented Graphics Object-Oriented Programming Online Open Architecture Open Source Software Operating System Optical Character Recognition Optical Scanner Optomechanical Mouse

Q	Quiteron QWERTY Keyboard

R	Random Access Memory Read (computer) Read-Only Memory Real-Time Systems Rectification Reduced Instruction Set Computing Relational Database Resistance Resolution Robot Root Directory Router

T	TCP/IP Technology Telnet Terminal Tesla, Nikola Text Messaging Text Mode Time-Sharing Token Ring Network Touch Screen Trackball Turing Machine

U	Uniform Resource Locator UNIVAC Universal Serial Bus UNIX Usenet User Interface Utility (computing)

V	Vacuum Tubes Vector Graphics VGA Video Adaptor Video Digitizer Video Mode Virtual Disk Virtual Memory Virtual Reality Virus (computer) Volta, Alessandro, Count Von Neumann Architecture

W	Webcasting Wildcard Character Window (computer user interface) Word Processor Workstation World Wide Web WORM (computer drive) Wozniak, Stephen Write Write Protect WYSIWYG

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