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One of the things that intimidates people about computing technology is the horribly complex and obscure jargon that surrounds the field. Some of these terms are vague and complicated, but some are really useful. Today, we are going to discuss those computer terms that you would need to understand if you wanted to go buy a computer. The advertisements in a typical computer magazine appear to be written in some obscure dialect of Serbo-Croation or something. Here is a typical example:
Believe it or not, this is not too difficult to decipher. By the end of this section, you will have some clue about what kind of a computer that is.