A measure of how much data, can fit on a magnetic tape.
A separately dispatchable function on a computer.
Transmission Control Protocol/INTERNET Protocol. The communication protocols on which the Internet is based.
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Communicating with other people through the computer using communication software and modems.
Using computers for telecommunication; computer networking.
A program that allows users on the Internet to log in to remote systems from their own host system.
1,099,551,627,776 bytes, often used to mean one trillion bytes (1,000,000,000,000).
A device connected to a computer network that acts as a point for entry or retrieval of information. Personal computers can be made to act as network terminals, by running terminal emulation (communication) programs.
Most communications software packages will permit a personal computer or workstation to communicate with another computer or network as if it were a specific type of hardware terminal.