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  2. Workstation - Wikipedia

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    A NeXTcube workstation, the same type on which the World Wide Web was created by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in Switzerland. [1] A workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications. [2] Intended primarily to be used by a single user, [2] they are commonly connected to a local area network and run multi-user ...

  3. Workspace - Wikipedia

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    A workspace is (often) a file or directory that allows a user to gather various source code files and resources and work with them as a cohesive unit. [1] Often these files and resources represent the complete state of an integrated development environment (IDE) at a given time, a snapshot. Workspaces are very helpful in cases of complex ...

  4. Computer network - Wikipedia

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    History. Computer networking may be considered a branch of computer science, computer engineering, and telecommunications, since it relies on the theoretical and practical application of the related disciplines. Computer networking was influenced by a wide array of technological developments and historical milestones.

  5. Ergonomics - Wikipedia

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    Ergonomics, also known as human factors or human factors engineering (HFE), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Primary goals of human factors engineering are to reduce human error, increase productivity and system availability, and enhance safety ...

  6. Glossary of computer science - Wikipedia

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    computer science. The theory, experimentation, and engineering that form the basis for the design and use of computers. It involves the study of algorithms that process, store, and communicate digital information. A computer scientist specializes in the theory of computation and the design of computational systems.

  7. Personal area network - Wikipedia

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    Interplanetary Internet. v. t. e. A personal area network (PAN) is a computer network for interconnecting electronic devices within an individual person's workspace. [1] A PAN provides data transmission among devices such as computers, smartphones, tablets and personal digital assistants. PANs can be used for communication among the personal ...

  8. Computer science - Wikipedia

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    Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. [1][2][3] Computer science spans theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to applied disciplines (including the design and implementation of hardware and software). [4][5][6] Algorithms and data structures are central to ...

  9. NeXTSTEP - Wikipedia

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    NeXTSTEP (also stylized as NeXTstep, NeXTStep, and NEXTSTEP[4][5]) is a combination of several parts: a Unix operating system based on the Mach kernel, plus BSD. Display PostScript and a proprietary windowing engine. the Objective-C language and runtime. an object-oriented (OO) application layer, including several "kits".