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luggable computer

n. The first portable computers, produced in the early to mid-1980s. These early units, all of which had built-in CRT-based displays, weighed over 20 pounds and were the size of a medium suitcase--hence their name. See also portable computer.

lurk

vb. To receive and read articles or messages in a newsgroup or other online conference without contributing anything to the ongoing exchange.

lurker

n. A person who lurks in a newsgroup or other online conference. See also lurk. Compare netizen.

Lynx

n. A text-only Web browser program for UNIX platforms.

LZW compression

n. A compression algorithm that makes use of repeating strings of data in its compression of character streams into code streams. It is also the basis of GIF compression. See also GIF.

 

A/B Switch box ~ America On-line  AMI BIOS ~ Arithmetic Operation  ARP ~ AVI  Backbone ~ Bit Image  Bit Map ~ Boot Disk  Boot Drive ~ Bytes Per Inch  C++ ~ Carrier Frequency  carrier system ~ certification  CGI ~ Chooser extension  cipher ~ Clipper Chip  clock ~ color  color bits ~ communications satellite  communications server ~ computer security  CON ~ copy  copy program ~ cycle time  daemon ~ defragmentation  demand paging ~ digitize  DikuMUD ~ disk  disk buffer ~ Document Style Semantics and Specification Language  document window ~ dynamic Web page  Easter egg ~ erase  erase head ~ ezine  F2F ~ finger2  firewall ~ font suitcase  footer ~ FYI  Game Control Adapter ~ GUI  HAL ~ hot key1  hot key2 ~ Hz  i486DX ~ internal modem  internet ~ ISO 9660  ISO/OSI model ~ just-in-time  K1 ~ knowledge base  L1 cache ~ LU  luggable computer ~ LZW compression  MAC ~ MILNET  mime ~ msec  MTBF ~ MYOB  named anchor ~ network drive  Network File System ~ number crunching  object ~ overwrite mode  P5 ~ PC/XT keyboard  PDA ~ pipeline processing  piracy ~ preventive maintenance  preview ~ pwd  quasi-language ~ QWERTY keyboard  R&D ~ registration marks  Registry ~ RFI  RF shielding ~ run-time library  SAA ~ server error  server push-pull ~ soft return  software ~ style sheet  stylus ~ System  T1 ~ ToggleKeys  token ~ typography  UART ~ uupc  V.120 ~ view2  viewer ~ VxD  w3 ~ WinG  WINS ~ WWW  X.25 ~ X Windows  Yahoo! ~ yotta-  Z39.50 standard ~ Zulu time

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