• The Computer Connection is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester. Originally published as a serial in Analog Science Fiction (November...
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  • Computer connection or Computer connections may refer to: The Computer Connection, a 1975 science fiction novel by Alfred Bester Computer Connections:...
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    July 11, 1994) was an American computer scientist and microcomputer entrepreneur. During the 1970s, Kildall created the CP/M operating system among other...
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    electronic computers can perform generic sets of operations known as programs. These programs enable computers to perform a wide range of tasks. The term computer...
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    a computer either by direct connection, typically USB, or in some cases a memory card may be removed from the scanner and plugged into the computer. A...
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    A computer network is a set of computers sharing resources located on or provided by network nodes. Computers use common communication protocols over...
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  • In the Best Novel categories, The Computer Connection was a finalist for both the Hugo and Nebula Awards and third place for the Locus Award. The Demolished...
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  • In computer networking, a port or port number is a number assigned to uniquely identify a connection endpoint and to direct data to a specific service...
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    several years many of the top 10 fastest computers were CM-5s. Connection Machines were noted for their striking visual design. The CM-1 and CM-2 design...
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    or phone-as-modem (PAM) is the sharing of a mobile device's Internet connection with other connected computers. Connection of a mobile device with other...
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  • "Connection Lost" is the sixteenth episode of the sixth season of the American sitcom Modern Family, and the series' 136th episode overall. It originally...
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  • private network (VPN) connection with the router over the Internet if not connected to the LAN, switch on a computer connected to the router, then connect...
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  • Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) is a Windows service that enables one Internet-connected computer to share its Internet connection with other computers on...
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  • on a computer behind a firewall that blocks incoming connections can easily open an outbound connection to a remote host on the Internet. Once the connection...
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    passed to it. The storage of computer programs is key to the operation of modern computers and is the connection between computer hardware and software. Even...
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    Alfred Bester's novel The Computer Connection (1975) FUCKUP (First Universal Cybernetic Kynetic Ultramicro-Programmer), from The Illuminatus! Trilogy by...
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    Speedtest.net (category Computer network analysis)
    analysis of Internet access performance metrics, such as connection data rate and latency. It is the flagship product of Ookla, a web testing and network...
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  • A computer network diagram is a schematic depicting the nodes and connections amongst nodes in a computer network or, more generally, any telecommunications...
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  • computer, via a connection using either the serial port, parallel port or the infrared port of each computer. It is well-suited for computers that do not...
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  • relay. The term is also used in computer networking and computer architecture to refer to a wire or other connection that links only two computers or circuits...
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    A wireless network is a computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. Wireless networking allows homes, telecommunications...
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    an Internet connection to run Web browsers and Internet applications. A Home theater PC (HTPC) combines the functions of a personal computer and a digital...
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    RS-232 (category Computer hardware standards)
    complying with the RS-232 standard was once a standard feature of many types of computers. Personal computers used them for connections not only to modems...
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  • A headless computer is a computer system or device that has been configured to operate without a monitor (the missing "head"), keyboard, and mouse. A headless...
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  • and computer networking, connection-oriented communication is a communication protocol where a communication session or a semi-permanent connection is...
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  • three-way handshake procedure. The server must be listening (passive open) for connection requests from clients before a connection is established. Three-way...
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  • Intelligent Platform Management Interface (category Computer hardware standards)
    The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a set of computer interface specifications for an autonomous computer subsystem that provides...
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    KSTS (category Television stations in the San Francisco Bay Area)
    "The Computer Connection". The station also rebroadcast the 1984 shareholders meeting of Apple Computer, where the Macintosh was introduced, as the company...
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    from the peripheral bus, which includes bus systems like PCI. Early computer buses were parallel electrical wires with multiple hardware connections, but...
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    HTTP persistent connection, also called HTTP keep-alive, or HTTP connection reuse, is the idea of using a single TCP connection to send and receive multiple...
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