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GPS - Global Positioning System
An international system that has 24 satellites that circle the Earth, transmitting information throughout the whole world. These satellites are strategically places so that aony time or point, four satellites are above the horizon. Every satellite has an atomic clock, a radio, and a computer. //submitted by: Santiago// source: Tomorrow's Technology and You

=H= HTTP: Hypertext transfer protocol is an application level protocol distributed collaborative hyper media information systems //submitted by: Fiona// source: wikipedia HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application-level protocol for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems //submitted by: Sam Zweighaft// source: wikipedia

Host System
The computer that provides service to multiple users. //submitted by: Karen// source:"Tomorrow's Technology and You" page 276.

Hub
devices that allow nodes on a LAN to communicate one message at a time. //submitted by: Kristin// source: Tomorrows Technology and You pg 604

HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol
A type of protocol for collaborative, distributed, and hypermedia information systems. //submitted by: Santiago// source: Wikipedia

HTML- HyperText Markup Language
The most frequently used markup language for Web pages. //submitted by: Montserrat// source: Online dictionary.http://sb.thefreedictionary.com/HTML

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Internet
A worldwide network of computer networks. //submitted by: Karen// source: Handout page 338

IP - Internet Protocol
A protocol used for communicating data.
 * Edit:: The protocol used for delivering packets from the source host to the destination host.

//submitted by: Santiago// //edited by: Jackie (10-1)// source: Wikipedia, http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/I/IP.html

//submitted by: Mik.E// source: write:"Tommorow's Tech and You" pg 269
 * Internet Modem-** installed on a circuit board,which is located in the computers chassis.