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Hypertext
A means of embedding in text certain commands which, when activated,
can take a user to another position in a document, can call up other docu-
ments, can launch a program, or can set in motion some other action. The
hypertext link is activated by clicking on the hypertext with the mouse
cursor. Hypertext is used in Windows Help files, as well as in pages on
the World Wide Web and Internet. Hypertext is usually indicated by some
other color of text (often green or blue).
Infrared (IR) Port
Communications port that allows wireless communications between the
WinBook notebook and IrDA (Infrared Data Association) compatible devices.
Communications over the infrared port operate similar to a TV remote control.
Internet
Not a physical network, but the interconnection of many physical
networks (commercial, educational, governmental, and private). Much
of the high-speed infrastructure that connects such computers is based
on an old U.S. government network called ARPAnet. The connections
of networks rely on a standard communication protocol (TCP/IP).
Internet Address
Every network connected to the Internet has a unique numeric IP address.
To connect to certain Internet providers you may need to know this address
(it is usually already encoded into the software that the provider supplies).
I/O Address (Input/Output Address or Port Address)
The numeric memory address where the processor sends information
to a specific device. Devices cannot share the same address, so the
information cannot be sent to any other device by mistake. Peripherals
that perform more than one function (audio hardware) may require an
address for each function.
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