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Hardware: These are the physical items including your computer and floppy discs.

Hardware Manufacturer: Company that manufactures game systems (Nintendo, Sony, Microsoft).

Spoofing: To fool. In networking, the term is used to describe a variety of ways in which hardware and software can be fooled. Email spoofing, for example, involves trickery that makes a message appea . . . View Full Definition

System: A combination of the hardware, software, and firmware. A system typically consists of components (or elements) which are connected together in order to accomplish a specific function or set . . . View Full Definition

Software: This is a program, the actual code the computer reads. All other stuff is hardware. A floppy disc is hardware.

Virtual Machine: A self-contained operating environment that behaves as if it is a separate computer. For example, Java applets run in a Java virtual machine (VM) that has no access to the host operating sys . . . View Full Definition

White Papers: These are documents created to help guide you in the use of a particular piece of hardware or software. Usually some kind of extra or advanced help that is provided that goes beyond the norm . . . View Full Definition

Shadowing: A technique used to increase a computer's speed by using high-speed RAM memory in place of slower ROM memory (RAM is about three times as fast as ROM). On PCs, for example, all code to contr . . . View Full Definition

Virtual Device Driver (VDD): In Windows systems, a special type of device driver that has direct access to the operating system kernel. This allows them to interact with system and hardware resources at a very low level . . . View Full Definition

Registry: The country in which a vessel is registered. For tax purposes and some regulatory reasons, most cruise ships are registered in foreign countries. The bahamas, liberia, and panama are favorit . . . View Full Definition