A word processor is an electronic device (later a computer software application) for text, composing, editing, formatting, and printing. The word processor...
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online word processors such as Microsoft Office on the web and Collabora Online became available. Word processor Word processor (electronic device) Bruce Byfield...
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additional features. Early word processors were stand-alone devices dedicated to the function, but current word processors are word processor programs running on...
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Computer (redirect from Computing device)
computer does not need to be electronic, nor even have a processor, nor RAM, nor even a hard disk. While popular usage of the word "computer" is synonymous...
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A central processing unit (CPU), also called a central processor, main processor, or just processor, is the primary processor in a given computer. Its...
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In computing, a word is any processor design's natural unit of data. A word is a fixed-sized datum handled as a unit by the instruction set or the hardware...
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Electronics (redirect from Electronic device)
to direct current (DC) or from analog signals to digital signals. Electronic devices have significantly influenced the development of many aspects of modern...
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Typewriter (redirect from Electronic word processor)
stood for word processor), Canon (Canon Cat), Smith-Corona (PWP, i.e. Personal Word Processor line) and Philips/Magnavox (VideoWriter). Electronic typewriter...
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Pagination (redirect from Electronic page)
contrast to electronic paper, a hardware display technology. Electronic pages may be a standard sized based on the document settings of a word processor file...
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instruction word (VLIW) refers to instruction set architectures that are designed to exploit instruction-level parallelism (ILP). A VLIW processor allows programs...
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survey used the word processor, and the application had more than 50% of the worldwide word-processing market in 1995, by 2000 Word had up to 95%; it...
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Electronic paper or intelligent paper, is a display device that reflects ambient light, mimicking the appearance of ordinary ink on paper – unlike conventional...
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WordStar is a discontinued word processor application for microcomputers. It was published by MicroPro International and originally written for the CP/M-80...
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Booting (redirect from Boot device)
pressed, reset the processor and started an I/O operation on a device specified by switches on the control panel, reading in a 36-bit word giving a target...
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signal processing, telecommunications, digital image processing, radar, sonar and speech recognition systems, and in common consumer electronic devices such...
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engineering. The word electronics began to be used in the 1940s In the late 1950s, the term electronics engineering started to emerge. Electronic laboratories...
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Calculator (redirect from Electronic Calculator)
An electronic calculator is typically a portable electronic device used to perform calculations, ranging from basic arithmetic to complex mathematics...
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the Cell processor can be split into four components: external input and output structures, the main processor called the Power Processing Element (PPE)...
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refers primarily to how a processor treats data accesses. Instruction accesses (fetches of instruction words) on a given processor may still assume a fixed...
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The processor clocks had interrupt handlers which implemented watchdog timers on all processors. If a processor stopped running, another processor would...
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primarily created and sold hand-held electronic references, such as spelling correctors, dictionaries, translation devices, medical references, and Bibles...
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replaced by electronic publishing. It is also becoming common to distribute books, magazines, and newspapers to consumers through tablet reading devices, a market...
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code Template method pattern, an object-oriented design pattern Template processor, a system that combines a template with data to produce an output Web...
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contiguous locations that a processor may read or write by providing an address for the read or write operation. The processor may operate on any location...
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guitar. The first electronic musical devices were developed at the end of the 19th century. During the 1920s and 1930s, some electronic instruments were...
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Integrated circuit (redirect from Electronic chip)
a wide range of electronic devices, including computers, smartphones, and televisions, to perform various functions such as processing and storing information...
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testing a pre-owned electronic device so that it can be re-sold. Refurbished electronics are therefore pre-owned electronic devices (usually smartphones...
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Wardialing (section Process)
into computer or other electronic systems. It may also be used by security personnel, for example, to detect unauthorized devices, such as modems or faxes...
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History of computing hardware (redirect from Early computing devices)
second-generation CPUs delegated peripheral device communications to a secondary processor. For example, while the communication processor controlled card reading and...
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Hardware register (category Central processing unit)
hardware devices can have many registers. Standard integrated circuits typically document their externally-exposed registers as part of their electronic component...
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