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The act or process of computing calculation reckoning...
Computable
Capable of being computed numbered or reckoned...
mainframe
A large digital computer serving 100 400 users and occupying a special air conditioned room At any given point in development of computer technology the mainframe will be faster have large main memeory and be more capable than a minicomputer which will in turn be faster and more capable than a personal computer The typical personal computer in 1999 is faster than a mainframe was in 1970...
Data
Data, grounds whereon to proceed; facts from which to draw a conclusion.Means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions which are being prepared or have been prepared in a formalised manner, and is intended to be processed, is being processed or has been processed in a computer system or computer network, and may be in any form (including computer printouts magnetic or optical storage media, punched cards, punched tapes) or stored internally in the memory of the computer. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (o)...
Record
Record, a memorial or remembrance; an authentic testimony in writing contained in rolls of parchment, and preserved in a Court of record. The public records of the kingdom are placed under the superintendence of the Master of the Rolls, and a Record Office established by the (English) Public Record Office Act, 1838 (1 & 2 Vict. c. 94). The (English) Public Record Office (commonly called the Rolls Office) is a large building in Chancery Lane, London, and was opened in 1902.There are three kinds of records, viz.: (1) judicial, as an attainder; (2) ministerial, on oath, being an office or inquisition found; (3) by way of conveyance, as a deed enrolled. As to ancient public records generally, see Hubback on Succession, pp. 607 et seq.The Record Offices of the Supreme Court are now merged in the Central Office there. See (English) R.S.C. Ord. LXI.Also the general name given to (a) pleadings and subsequent orders and recorded matters in an action (by R. S. C. 1883, Ord. XXXVI. R. 30, the par...
minicomputer
a mid sized digital computer at any given point in the development of computer technology a minicomputer will be faster and have greater capacity than a microcomputer but will be slower and have less capacity than a mainframe computer...
Goods
Goods, Computer programs are the product of an intellectual process, but once implanted in a medium they are widely distributed to computer owners. An analogy can be drawn to a compact-disc recording of an orchestral rendition. The music is produced by the artistry of musicians and in itself is not a 'good', but when transferred to a laser-readable disc it becomes a readily merchant-able commodity. Similarly, when a professor deliv-ers a lecture, it is not a good, but, when transcribed as a book, it becomes a good. That a computer program may be copyrightable as intellectual property does not alter the fact that once in the form of a floppy disc or other medium, the program is tangible, moveable and available in the marketplace. The fact that some programs may be tailored for specific purposes need not alter their status as 'goods' because the Code definition includes 'specially manufactured goods', Advent Systems Ltd. v. Unisys Corpn., 925 F. 2d 670 3dCir 1991. Associated Cement Compa...
Access
Access, approach, or the means of approaching. The presumption of a child's legitimacy is rebutted, if it be shown by strong, distinct, satisfactory, and conclusive evidence, see Atchley v. Sprigg, (1864) 33 LJ Ch 345, that the husband-whether before or after marriage-had not access to his wife within such a period of time before the birth, as admits of his having been the father. 'If a husband have access, although others, at the same time, are carrying on a criminal intimacy with his wife, a child born under such circumstances is still legitimate': per Alderson, J., in Cope v. Cope, (1833) 5 C&P 604. Neither husband nor wife is admissible as a witness to prove non-access, Goodright v. Moss, (1777) 2 Cowp p. 594. See also Poulett Peerage Case, 1903 AC 395, and Russell v. Russell, 1924 AC 687 see PATERNITY.An owner of land adjoining a highway has a right of access to it where the land adjoins for any kind of traffic required for the reasonable enjoyment of his property, Lyon v. Fishmon...
Electronic mail
a message transmitted from one computer to another accessible by means of a mail reading program on the receiving computer The message may have one or many intended recipients and may be directed by the sending program to one or to multiple receiving computers The message is typically in the form of a computer file and may be a simple ASCII text or any other type of binary coded information...
CPU
The central processing unit that part of the electronic circuitry of a computer in which the arithmetic and logical operations are performed on input data which are thereby converted to output data it is usually located on the mainboard or motherboard of a computer The CPU and the memory form the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached Most personal computers as of 1998 had only one CPU but some computers may have more than one CPU...
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