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HARDWARE

Computer hardware; the physical pieces of computer equipment such as disk drives, processors, monitors, terminals, printers, etc.

HEARD LIBRARY

See Jean and Alexander Heard Library.

HOME PAGE

The first page on a World Wide Web site, to which supporting pages are linked.

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language; a text-based language used to construct Web pages.

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The protocol most often used to transfer information from the World Wide Web servers to browsers, which is why Web addresses begin with "http://".

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