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Password

A piece of secret authentication data used to gain secure access to resources

PDA (Personal Digital Assistant)

A small handheld computer

PDF (Portable Document Format)

A file format created by Adobe, it is good for document exchange between users. The Adobe Reader application is required to open the documents

Perl

A dynamic programming language borrowing many features from other languages including C and shell

Photosho

Graphics editing suite made by Adobe, the commercial leader for image manipulation

Pixel

The smallest component of an image

Plug-in

A small add-in that interacts with a host application to provide extra functionality; Adobe Flash for your web browser is a plug-in

Protocol

A set of guidelines that govern communications between hosts over a network such as the internet

Proxy Server

A computer system which fetches web sites for clients on request and caches the results in its memory for future requests; a proxy can also filter out certain content if it is deemed inappropriate or a security breach

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