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. This dictionary presents terms relating to personal, office, mini-, micro-, and home computers. The dictionary covers the following areas: Hardware: Components, storage media, peripheral devices, input devices, printers, terminals, plotters, display devices, other equipment.Software: System software, operating systems, utility programs, user software, application programs, data management, information retrieval, editing and printing.Programming: Techniques, languages, instructions.Applications: Text processing, computer graphics, office communication, games.Allied Fields: Telecommunications, teleprocessing, telematics, networks, mainframe computers, data transmission, videotex, microprocessors, integrated circuits