What in the world is

What in the world is?

peer-to-peer network

A communications network in which any computer on the network can be a client and/or a server.Any computer can access files on any other computer in the network.Two examples are Artisoft's LANtastic and Microsoft's Windows for Workgroups.

peripheral device

Any piece of hardware connected to a computer; any part of the computer outside the CPU and working memory.Some examples of peripheral devices are keyboards, mice, monitors, printers, scanners, disk and tape drives, microphones, speakers, joysticks, plotters, and cameras.

RAM

Random Access Memory.The working memory of the computer.RAM is the memory used for storing data temporarily while working on it, running application programs, etc."Random access" refers to the fact that any area of RAM can be accessed directly and immediately, in contrast to other media such as a magnetic tape where the tape must be wound to the point where the data is.RAM is called volatile memory; information in RAM will disappear if the power is switched off before it is saved to disk.

MIME

(Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions).Extensions to the Internet mail format that allow it to carry multiple types of data (binary, audio, video, graphics, etc.) as attachments to e-mail messages.

mockingbird

A kind of Trojan Horse that imitates a system in order to intercept communications from users logging in and thereby acquire passwords and other information.

morphing

A gradual animated transformation from one image into another, partially accomplished by moving certain points in the first image to corresponding points in the second image, in stages.