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Term Definition
cps(Characters Per Second) A measure of how quickly information, particularly text, is being transferred over a modem link or network. See also bps.
 
CPU(Central Processing Unit) The nerve centre of the computer : everything flows through it. Often just called (the processor). The best known PC processors are Intel\\\'s Pentium and AMD\\\'s Athlon
 
Crack, crackedA crack is a small program intended to defeat software\\\'s copy protection, thus allowing unlicensed copies to be made - stealing it, in effect. Software that is distributed with its copy protection disabled or bypassed has been (cracked).
 
CrashWhen a computer program or operating system stops working completely or almost completely it (or the computer) is said to have (crashed). When a computer crashes it usually needs to be rebooted before it can be used again. See also lockup.
 
CrawlerA program that analyzes or indexes pages on the World Wide Web for search engines. also known as a spider.
 
CRT(Cathode Ray Tube) The imaging technology used in most desktop monitors. Provides an excellent colour display, but is extremely bulky and is now being gradually supplanted by TFT.
 
CSS(Cascading Style Sheets) A set of HTML commands used to control the style of web pages, much more complex than the tag-set it is intended to replace, but also more powerful and particularly useful for retaining a uniform style across a large website. Generally only used by professional web designers.
 


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