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Bandwidth The capacity of a network to carry data or the measure of how much information can be entered via a medium such as a phone line. Bandwidth is measured in baud or bits per second (bps). Baud This is a measure of how much bandwidth a transmission medium has. Baud is measured in bits per second (bps). Bits Coming from the words 'binary' and 'digit,' bits are used to describe transmission speeds. Each bit is assigned a 1 (high current) or a 0 (low current), where eight bits make up a byte. Bits represent everything that occurs within a person's PC. Browser Software that was developed to allow you to display, interact with, and navigate around the World Wide Web. Examples include: Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Mosaic. Bug An error in a software program's coding. Bytes Used to describe storage capacity, or eight bits. For example: kilobytes (kb) or megabytes (mb).

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