Internet Terminology
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uncompressing the act of expanding into its original form a compression file, including the file packages known as zipping or tar files. URL - Uniform Resource Locator the address of a file (resource) accessible on the Internet. UNIX an operating system that originated at Bell Labs in 1969 as an interactive time-sharing system. Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie are considered the inventors of UNIX. Usenet a collection of notes on various subjects that are posted to servers on a worldwide network. Each subject collection of posted notes is known as a newsgroup. Uploading the transmission of a file from one computer system to another. |
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