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| information highway | a term used when discussing information networks of the future which will likely carry video and audio as well as computer data |
| telecomputing | the act of sending or receiving information to another computer via modem and phone line |
| download | transferring information electronically from another computer to your computer |
| log on | the act of connecting with a computer system and entering your user identification and password |
| email | private messages, called electronic mail, that are sent and received over a computer network |
| internet | a global network of thousands of other computer networks that offers e-mail and information retrieval services to millions of people |
| log off | the act of signing off of and disconnecting from a computer system |
| upload | sending a disk file from your computer to another computer |
| modem | a device that permits a computer to transmit and receive data over a telephone line |
