Information Technology Reference
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Workstation:. Extremely. powerful. desktop. computers. that.
were. often. (and. still. are). used. by. the. scientiic. and.
research. communities.. They. tend. to. run. the. UNIX/
operating.system.using.powerful.RISC.processors.with.
massive.screens.and.superb.graphics..Today,.however,.
although. the. above. deinition. remains. broadly. true,.
workstation
. can. also. be. used. interchangeably. with.
PC
.where.the.computer.is.attached.to.the.corporate.
network/LAN.
WWW:. Verbal. shorthand. for. the. World. Wide. Web;. the.
resources. on. networks. (especially. the. Internet). that.
use.the.HTTP.protocol.to.transmit.data.between.cli-
ent.and.server.
Zip
®
Disks:. Introduced. by. the. Iomega. Corporation,. but.
rarely. used. anymore.. Being. physically. a. little. larger.
than.a.3.5.inch.loppy.disk,.and.yet.able.to.store.250.
MB.(or.100.MB.in.older.versions),.makes.the.Zip.disk.
an.excellent.choice.for.both.transportable.media.and.
also.security.backups.
.
. However,.because.such.large.amounts.of.data.may.
be. easily. copied. and. transported,. the. use. of. such.
devices. needs. to. be. carefully. controlled. within. the.
organization..Only.10.years.ago,.250.MB.was.equiv-
alent. to. the. total. storage. capacity. of. most. organiza-
tion's.data,.and.while.this.may.appear.small.by.today's.
standards,. its. capacity. ensures. that. client. databases,.
product.details,.plans.and.charts,.and.so.forth,.can.be.
reliably.copied.onto.a.disk.that.its.into.a.shirt.pocket.
