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• "5N!5&T!in!gener al!c o mputer!us a ge ,!lo go n !is !th e !pr oc e d ur e!u s ed !t o !ge t!a c ce ss !to !a n !op e ra tin g !
system!or!application.!Almost!always,!a!logon!requires!that!the!user!have!(1)!a!user!ID!and!(2)!a!
password.!Often,!the!user!ID!must!conform!to!a!limited!length!such!as!eight!characters!and!the!
password!must!contain!at!least!one!digit!and!not!match!a!natural!language!word!
• =FJ!F''-,33T!in!a!LAN!o r!o t he r!n e twork,!the!MAC!(M ed ia !A c ce ss !C o nt ro l)!a d d res s!is !y ou r!
computer's!unique!hardware!numb er.!(On!an!Ethernet!LAN,!it's!the!same!as!your!Ethernet!
address.)!When!you're!connected!to!the!Internet!from!your!computer,!a!correspondence!table!
relates!your!IP!add ress!to !you r!computer's!physica l!(M AC )!ad dre ss!on !the!LA N .!
• 896%:,!9,-8,-T!NComputing!Desktop!Virtualization!software!!
• OJT!Personal!Com pu ter!
• M50*,-T!in!packet-switched!netw orks!such !as!the!Internet,!a!router!is!a!device!or,!in!some!cases,!
software!in!a!computer,!that!determines!the!next!netw ork!point!to!w hich!a!packet!shou ld!be!
forwarded !tow a rd!its!de stina tion .!Th e!rou ter!is! co nnected!to!at!least!two!networks!and!decides!
which!way!to!send!each!information!packet!based!on!its!current!understanding!of!the!state!of!
the!network s!it!is!conn ecte d!to .!
• <3,-T!one!who!uses!a!computer!system.!Users!may!need!to!identify!themselves!for!the!purposes!
of!accounting,!security,!logging!and!resource!management.!In!order!to!identify!oneself,!a!user!
has!an!account!and!a!username.!
• <9GT!(Universal!Serial!Bus)!is!a!sta nd a rd!de sign ed !to!allo w !pe riph erals !to!be !con ne cte d!to!a !
computer!using!a!standardized!interface!socket!and!to!improve!plug-and-play!capabilities!by!
allowing!devices!to!be!connected!and!disconnected!without!rebooting!th e!co m pu ter.!