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183 relations: Aakash (tablet), AbiWord, AC'97, Access to Knowledge movement, Alps Electric, Amazon (company), Amharic, Antenna diversity, ARM architecture, B.A.T.M.A.N., Backlight, BBC News, Bitfrost, Cambodia, Camera, Caps lock, Ceibal project, Centimetre, Chief technology officer, Classmate PC, Cold cathode, Comparison of netbooks, Computer Aid International, Computer keyboard, Computer technology for developing areas, Constructionism (learning theory), Crank (mechanism), Csound, Cursor (user interface), Data link layer, Data-rate units, DDR3 SDRAM, Desktop metaphor, Diffraction grating, Digital divide, Direct current, Don Hopkins, Dots per inch, DVD, Dynamic random-access memory, E-book, Educational technology, Electronic Arts, Electronic paper, EMate 300, Ethernet, Ethiopia, Etoys (programming language), Fedora (operating system), Firefox, ..., Flash memory, Floppy disk, Fluorescent lamp, Forth (programming language), Free software, Fuseproject, Game Developers Conference, Gecko (software), Geode (processor), Gigabyte, Gmail, GNOME Videos, Graphical user interface, Grayscale, Hard disk drive, Helix (multimedia project), Hertz, Human power, IA-32, IEEE 802.11b-1999, IEEE 802.11g-2003, IEEE 802.11s, Inch, INDEX: Design to Improve Life, International Data Group, Internet, Interpreted language, Ivan Krstić, JavaScript, Jean Piché, Jim Gettys, Jimmy Wales, Killer application, Kilobyte, Kofi Annan, Laptop, Lemote, Light-emitting diode, Linutop, Linux, Liquid-crystal display, Lithium iron phosphate battery, Logo (programming language), Low-power electronics, MacOS, Make (magazine), Marvell Technology Group, Mary Lou Jepsen, Matchbox (window manager), Media player (software), Megabyte, Memory leak, Mesh networking, Microphone, Microsoft, Millimetre, MIT Media Lab, MIT Technology Review, Mobile ad hoc network, Monochrome, MultiMediaCard, Music sequencer, New Scientist, Nicholas Negroponte, Nickel–metal hydride battery, OLPC XO-3, OLPC XS, One Laptop per Child, Online chat, Open Firmware, Open-source model, Open-source software, Operating system, Optimized Link State Routing Protocol, PC Card, Peer-to-peer, Performance per watt, Pixel, Pixel geometry, PlayPower, PlayStation Controller, Programming language, Python (programming language), Quanta Computer, RGB color model, Routing protocol, Rugged computer, Secure Digital, Serial ATA, Seymour Papert, SimCity (1989 video game), Software, Squeak, Stereophonic sound, Steve Jobs, Store and forward, Stylus (computing), Subnotebook, Subpixel rendering, Sugar (software), Superuser, Tablet computer, The Independent, The New York Times, Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display, Tianhua GX-1C, Touchpad, Tunis, United States dollar, USB, VIA C7, VIA pc-1 Initiative, Visual programming language, Vivitar, Voice over IP, Volt, Walter Bender, Watt, Web browser, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Protected Access, Wikimedia Foundation, Wikipedia, Will Wright (game designer), Windows XP, Wireless mesh network, Word processor, World Summit on the Information Society, X window manager, X Window System, Yves Béhar, Zonbu, 501(c)(3) organization. Expand index (133 more) »
Aakash (tablet)
Aakash a.k.a. Ubislate 7+,.
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AbiWord
AbiWord is a free and open-source software word processor.
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AC'97
AC'97 (Audio Codec '97; also MC'97 for Modem Codec '97) is an audio codec standard developed by Intel Architecture Labs in 1997.
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Access to Knowledge movement
The Access to Knowledge (A2K) movement is a loose collection of civil society groups, governments, and individuals converging on the idea that access to knowledge should be linked to fundamental principles of justice, freedom, and economic development.
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Alps Electric
is a Japanese multinational corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, producing electronic devices, including switches, potentiometers, sensors, encoders and touchpads.
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Amazon (company)
Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American electronic commerce and cloud computing company based in Seattle, Washington that was founded by Jeff Bezos on July 5, 1994.
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Amharic
Amharic (or; Amharic: አማርኛ) is one of the Ethiopian Semitic languages, which are a subgrouping within the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages.
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Antenna diversity
Antenna diversity, also known as space diversity or spatial diversity, is any one of several wireless diversity schemes that uses two or more antennas to improve the quality and reliability of a wireless link.
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ARM architecture
ARM, previously Advanced RISC Machine, originally Acorn RISC Machine, is a family of reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architectures for computer processors, configured for various environments.
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B.A.T.M.A.N.
The Better Approach To Mobile Adhoc Networking (B.A.T.M.A.N.) is a routing protocol for multi-hop mobile ad hoc networks which is under development by the German "Freifunk" community and intended to replace the link state routing protocol - OLSR.
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Backlight
A backlight is a form of illumination used in liquid crystal displays (LCDs).
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BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs.
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Bitfrost
Bitfrost is the security design specification for the OLPC XO, a low cost laptop intended for children in developing countries and developed by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project.
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Cambodia
Cambodia (កម្ពុជា, or Kampuchea:, Cambodge), officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia (ព្រះរាជាណាចក្រកម្ពុជា, prĕəh riəciənaacak kampuciə,; Royaume du Cambodge), is a sovereign state located in the southern portion of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia.
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Camera
A camera is an optical instrument for recording or capturing images, which may be stored locally, transmitted to another location, or both.
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Caps lock
Caps Lock is a button on a computer keyboard that, when pressed, causes all letters to be generated in capitals until deactivated.
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Ceibal project
The Plan Ceibal is a Uruguayan initiative to implement the "One laptop per child" model to introduce Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in primary public education and is beginning with the expansion into secondary schools.
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Centimetre
A centimetre (international spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; symbol cm) or centimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one hundredth of a metre, centi being the SI prefix for a factor of.
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Chief technology officer
A Chief Technology Officer (CTO), sometimes known as a Chief Technical Officer, is an executive-level position in a company or other entity whose occupation is focused on scientific and technological issues within an organization.
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Classmate PC
The Classmate PC, formerly known as Eduwise, is Intel's entry into the market for low-cost personal computers for children in the developing world.
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Cold cathode
A cold cathode is a cathode that is not electrically heated by a filament.
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Comparison of netbooks
These tables provide a comparison of netbooks.
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Computer Aid International
Computer Aid International is a not-for-profit organisation active in the field of Information and Communication Technologies for Development.
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Computer keyboard
In computing, a computer keyboard is a typewriter-style device which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as mechanical levers or electronic switches.
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Computer technology for developing areas
Computer technology for developing areas is often through the donation of technology to developing areas without thought for access to electricity or equipment maintenance.
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Constructionism (learning theory)
Constructionist learning is when learners construct mental models to understand the world around them.
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Crank (mechanism)
A crank is an arm attached at a right angle to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft.
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Csound
Csound is a computer programming language for sound, also known as a sound compiler or an audio programming language, or more precisely, an audio DSL.
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Cursor (user interface)
In computer user interfaces, a cursor is an indicator used to show the current position for user interaction on a computer monitor or other display device that will respond to input from a text input or pointing device.
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Data link layer
The data link layer, or layer 2, is the second layer of the seven-layer OSI model of computer networking.
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Data-rate units
In telecommunications, data-transfer rate is the average number of bits (bitrate), characters or symbols (baudrate), or data blocks per unit time passing through a communication link in a data-transmission system.
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DDR3 SDRAM
Double data rate type three SDRAM (DDR3 SDRAM) is a type of synchronous dynamic random-access memory (SDRAM) with a high bandwidth ("double data rate") interface, and has been in use since 2007.
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Desktop metaphor
In computing, the desktop metaphor is an interface metaphor which is a set of unifying concepts used by graphical user interfaces to help users interact more easily with the computer.
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Diffraction grating
In optics, a diffraction grating is an optical component with a periodic structure that splits and diffracts light into several beams travelling in different directions.
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Digital divide
A digital divide is an economic and social inequality with regard to access to, use of, or impact of information and communication technologies (ICT).
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Direct current
Direct current (DC) is the unidirectional flow of electric charge.
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Don Hopkins
Don Hopkins is an artist and programmer specializing in human computer interaction and computer graphics and an alumnus of the University of Maryland and a former member of the University of Maryland Human–Computer Interaction Lab.
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Dots per inch
Dots per inch (DPI, or dpi) is a measure of spatial printing or video or image scanner dot density, in particular the number of individual dots that can be placed in a line within the span of 1 inch (2.54 cm).
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DVD
DVD (an abbreviation of "digital video disc" or "digital versatile disc") is a digital optical disc storage format invented and developed by Philips and Sony in 1995.
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Dynamic random-access memory
Dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) is a type of random access semiconductor memory that stores each bit of data in a separate tiny capacitor within an integrated circuit.
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E-book
An electronic book (or e-book or eBook) is a book publication made available in digital form, consisting of text, images, or both, readable on the flat-panel display of computers or other electronic devices.
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Educational technology
Educational technology is "the study and ethical practice of facilitating learning and improving performance by creating, using, and managing appropriate technological processes and resources".
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Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts Inc. (EA) is an American video game company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
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Electronic paper
Electronic paper and e-paper are display devices that mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper.
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EMate 300
The eMate 300 was a personal digital assistant designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer to the education market as a low-cost laptop running the Newton operating system.
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Ethernet
Ethernet is a family of computer networking technologies commonly used in local area networks (LAN), metropolitan area networks (MAN) and wide area networks (WAN).
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Ethiopia
Ethiopia (ኢትዮጵያ), officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (የኢትዮጵያ ፌዴራላዊ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሪፐብሊክ, yeʾĪtiyoṗṗya Fēdēralawī Dēmokirasīyawī Rīpebilīk), is a country located in the Horn of Africa.
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Etoys (programming language)
Etoys is a child-friendly computer environment and object-oriented prototype-based programming language for use in education.
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Fedora (operating system)
Fedora is a Linux distribution developed by the community-supported Fedora Project and sponsored by Red Hat.
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Firefox
Mozilla Firefox (or simply Firefox) is a free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, Mozilla Corporation.
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Flash memory
Flash memory is an electronic (solid-state) non-volatile computer storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed.
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Floppy disk
A floppy disk, also called a floppy, diskette, or just disk, is a type of disk storage composed of a disk of thin and flexible magnetic storage medium, sealed in a rectangular plastic enclosure lined with fabric that removes dust particles.
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Fluorescent lamp
A fluorescent lamp, or fluorescent tube, is a low-pressure mercury-vapor gas-discharge lamp that uses fluorescence to produce visible light.
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Forth (programming language)
Forth is an imperative stack-based computer programming language and environment originally designed by Charles "Chuck" Moore.
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Free software
Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions.
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Fuseproject
Fuseproject is an award-winning and internationally recognized industrial design and branding firm.
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Game Developers Conference
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is the largest annual gathering of professional video game developers, focusing on learning, inspiration, and networking.
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Gecko (software)
Gecko is a browser engine developed by Mozilla.
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Geode (processor)
Geode is a series of x86-compatible system-on-a-chip microprocessors and I/O companions produced by AMD, targeted at the embedded computing market.
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Gigabyte
The gigabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Gmail
Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service developed by Google.
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GNOME Videos
GNOME Videos, formerly known as Totem, is a media player (audio and video) for the GNOME computer desktop environment.
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Graphical user interface
The graphical user interface (GUI), is a type of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation, instead of text-based user interfaces, typed command labels or text navigation.
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Grayscale
In photography, computing, and colorimetry, a grayscale or greyscale image is one in which the value of each pixel is a single sample representing only an amount of light, that is, it carries only intensity information.
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Hard disk drive
A hard disk drive (HDD), hard disk, hard drive or fixed disk is an electromechanical data storage device that uses magnetic storage to store and retrieve digital information using one or more rigid rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material.
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Helix (multimedia project)
Helix DNA is a project to produce computer software that can play audio and video media in various formats, aid in producing such media, and serve them over a network.
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Hertz
The hertz (symbol: Hz) is the derived unit of frequency in the International System of Units (SI) and is defined as one cycle per second.
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Human power
Human power is work or energy that is produced from the human body.
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IA-32
IA-32 (short for "Intel Architecture, 32-bit", sometimes also called i386) is the 32-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture, first implemented in the Intel 80386 microprocessors in 1985.
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IEEE 802.11b-1999
IEEE 802.11b-1999 or 802.11b, is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 wireless networking specification that extends throughput up to 11 Mbit/s using the same 2.4GHz band.
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IEEE 802.11g-2003
IEEE 802.11g-2003 or 802.11g is an amendment to the IEEE 802.11 specification that extended throughput to up to 54 Mbit/s using the same 2.4 GHz band as 802.11b.
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IEEE 802.11s
IEEE 802.11s is Wireless LAN standard and an IEEE 802.11 amendment for mesh networking, defining how wireless devices can interconnect to create a WLAN mesh network, which may be used for relatively fixed (not mobile) topologies and wireless ad hoc networks.
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Inch
The inch (abbreviation: in or &Prime) is a unit of length in the (British) imperial and United States customary systems of measurement now formally equal to yard but usually understood as of a foot.
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INDEX: Design to Improve Life
INDEX: Design to Improve Life is a Danish nonprofit organisation which works towards promoting designs aimed at the improvement of human lives worldwide, both in developed and developing countries.
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International Data Group
International Data Group, Inc. (IDG) is a Chinese-owned, American-based media, data and marketing services and venture capital organization.
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Internet
The Internet is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link devices worldwide.
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Interpreted language
An interpreted language is a type of programming language for which most of its implementations execute instructions directly and freely, without previously compiling a program into machine-language instructions.
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Ivan Krstić
Ivan Krstić is a Croatian computer security expert, currently working on core security at Apple Inc. Krstić was previously the director of security architecture at One Laptop per Child.
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JavaScript
JavaScript, often abbreviated as JS, is a high-level, interpreted programming language.
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Jean Piché
Jean Piché (born 1951 in Trois-Rivières, Québec) is a Canadian composer and video artist.
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Jim Gettys
Jim Gettys (born 15 October 1953) is an American computer programmer.
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Jimmy Wales
Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 7, 1966), also known by the online moniker Jimbo, is an American Internet entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedia, and the for-profit web hosting company Wikia.
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Killer application
In marketing terminology, a killer application (commonly shortened to killer app) is any computer program that is so necessary or desirable that it proves the core value of some larger technology, such as computer hardware, a gaming console, software, a programming language, a software platform, or an operating system.
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Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Kofi Annan
Kofi Atta Annan (born 8 April 1938) is a Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.
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Laptop
A laptop, also called a notebook computer or just notebook, is a small, portable personal computer with a "clamshell" form factor, having, typically, a thin LCD or LED computer screen mounted on the inside of the upper lid of the "clamshell" and an alphanumeric keyboard on the inside of the lower lid.
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Lemote
Jiangsu Lemote Tech Co., Ltd or Lemote is a computer company established as a joint venture between the Jiangsu Menglan Group and the Chinese Institute of Computing Technology, involved in computer hardware and software products, services, and projects.
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Light-emitting diode
A light-emitting diode (LED) is a two-lead semiconductor light source.
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Linutop
The Linutop is a small, light, environmentally friendly Nettop computer containing a metal case and no moving parts, that runs the Linutop OS (a customized version of Linux based on the Xubuntu and Ubuntu/XFCE distribution).
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Linux
Linux is a family of free and open-source software operating systems built around the Linux kernel.
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Liquid-crystal display
A liquid-crystal display (LCD) is a flat-panel display or other electronically modulated optical device that uses the light-modulating properties of liquid crystals.
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Lithium iron phosphate battery
The lithium iron phosphate battery, also called LFP battery (with "LFP" standing for "lithium ferrophosphate"), is a type of rechargeable battery, specifically a lithium-ion battery, which uses 4 as a cathode material, and a graphitic carbon electrode with a metallic current collector grid as the anode.
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Logo (programming language)
Logo is an educational programming language, designed in 1967 by Wally Feurzeig, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon.
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Low-power electronics
Low-power electronics are electronics, such as notebook processors, that have been designed to use less electric power.
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MacOS
macOS (previously and later) is a series of graphical operating systems developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001.
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Make (magazine)
Make: (or MAKE) is an American bimonthly magazine published by Maker Media which focuses on do it yourself (DIY) and/or DIWO (Do It With Others) projects involving computers, electronics, robotics, metalworking, woodworking and other disciplines.
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Marvell Technology Group
Marvell Technology Group, Limited, is a producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products.
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Mary Lou Jepsen
Mary Lou Jepsen (born 1965) is a technical executive and inventor in the fields of display, imaging, and computer hardware.
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Matchbox (window manager)
Matchbox is a free and open source window manager for the X Window System.
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Media player (software)
A media player is a computer program for playing multimedia files like videos, movies and music.
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Megabyte
The megabyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
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Memory leak
In computer science, a memory leak is a type of resource leak that occurs when a computer program incorrectly manages memory allocations in such a way that memory which is no longer needed is not released.
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Mesh networking
A mesh network is a local network topology in which the infrastructure nodes (i.e. bridges, switches and other infrastructure devices) connect directly, dynamically and non-hierarchically to as many other nodes as possible and cooperate with one another to efficiently route data from/to clients.
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Microphone
A microphone, colloquially nicknamed mic or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal.
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Microsoft
Microsoft Corporation (abbreviated as MS) is an American multinational technology company with headquarters in Redmond, Washington.
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Millimetre
The millimetre (International spelling as used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures; SI unit symbol mm) or millimeter (American spelling) is a unit of length in the metric system, equal to one thousandth of a metre, which is the SI base unit of length.
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MIT Media Lab
The MIT Media Lab is an antidisciplinary research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, growing out of MIT's Architecture Machine Group in the School of Architecture.
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MIT Technology Review
MIT Technology Review is a magazine published by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Mobile ad hoc network
A mobile ad hoc network (MANET), also known as wireless ad hoc network or ad hoc wireless network, is a continuously self-configuring, infrastructure-less network of mobile devices connected wirelessly.
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Monochrome
Monochrome describes paintings, drawings, design, or photographs in one color or values of one color.
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MultiMediaCard
In consumer electronics, the MultiMediaCard (MMC) is a memory-card standard used for solid-state storage.
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Music sequencer
A music sequencer (or simply sequencer) is a device or application software that can record, edit, or play back music, by handling note and performance information in several forms, typically CV/Gate, MIDI, or Open Sound Control (OSC), and possibly audio and automation data for DAWs and plug-ins.
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New Scientist
New Scientist, first published on 22 November 1956, is a weekly, English-language magazine that covers all aspects of science and technology.
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Nicholas Negroponte
Nicholas Negroponte (born December 1, 1943) is a Greek American architect.
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Nickel–metal hydride battery
A nickel metal hydride battery, abbreviated NiMH or Ni–MH, is a type of rechargeable battery.
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OLPC XO-3
XO-3 was a design for a tablet/e-book reader intended to be developed under the One Laptop per Child initiative, but the project was cancelled in November 2012, replaced by the XO tablet.
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OLPC XS
The OLPC XS (often spoken as "School Server") is a Linux-based OS (a Fedora-based distribution) designed to be installed on generic low-to-midrange mildly ruggedized servers.
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One Laptop per Child
One Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a non-profit initiative established with the goal of transforming education for children around the world; this goal was to be achieved by creating and distributing educational devices for the developing world, and by creating software and content for those devices.
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Online chat
Online chat may refer to any kind of communication over the Internet that offers a real-time transmission of text messages from sender to receiver.
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Open Firmware
Open Firmware, or OpenBoot in Sun Microsystems parlance, is a standard defining the interfaces of a computer firmware system, formerly endorsed by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).
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Open-source model
The open-source model is a decentralized software-development model that encourages open collaboration.
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Open-source software
Open-source software (OSS) is a type of computer software whose source code is released under a license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to study, change, and distribute the software to anyone and for any purpose.
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Operating system
An operating system (OS) is system software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.
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Optimized Link State Routing Protocol
The Optimized Link State Routing Protocol (OLSR) is an IP routing protocol optimized for mobile ad hoc networks, which can also be used on other wireless ad hoc networks.
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PC Card
In computing, PC Card is a configuration for computer parallel communication peripheral interface, designed for laptop computers.
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Peer-to-peer
Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers.
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Performance per watt
In computing, performance per watt is a measure of the energy efficiency of a particular computer architecture or computer hardware.
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Pixel
In digital imaging, a pixel, pel, dots, or picture element is a physical point in a raster image, or the smallest addressable element in an all points addressable display device; so it is the smallest controllable element of a picture represented on the screen.
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Pixel geometry
The components of the pixels (primary colors red, green and blue) in an image sensor or display can be ordered in different patterns, called pixel geometry.
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PlayPower
PLAYPOWER is a 2008 started non-profit organization designed to create free educational computer software for low income families in India and other developing countries.
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PlayStation Controller
The PlayStation Controller is the first gamepad released by Sony Computer Entertainment for its PlayStation video game console.
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Programming language
A programming language is a formal language that specifies a set of instructions that can be used to produce various kinds of output.
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Python (programming language)
Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming.
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Quanta Computer
Quanta Computer Incorporated is a Taiwan-based manufacturer of notebook computers and other electronic hardware.
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RGB color model
The RGB color model is an additive color model in which red, green and blue light are added together in various ways to reproduce a broad array of colors.
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Routing protocol
A routing protocol specifies how routers communicate with each other, distributing information that enables them to select routes between any two nodes on a computer network.
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Rugged computer
A rugged (or ruggedized, but also ruggedised) computer is a computer specifically designed to operate reliably in harsh usage environments and conditions, such as strong vibrations, extreme temperatures and wet or dusty conditions.
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Secure Digital
Secure Digital (SD) is a non-volatile memory card format developed by the SD Card Association (SDA) for use in portable devices.
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Serial ATA
Serial ATA (SATA, abbreviated from Serial AT Attachment) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives.
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Seymour Papert
Seymour Aubrey Papert (February 29, 1928 – July 31, 2016) was a South African-born American mathematician, computer scientist, and educator, who spent most of his career teaching and researching at MIT.
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SimCity (1989 video game)
SimCity, later renamed SimCity Classic, is a city-building simulation video game, released on February 2, 1989, and designed by Will Wright for the Macintosh computer.
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Software
Computer software, or simply software, is a generic term that refers to a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work, in contrast to the physical hardware from which the system is built, that actually performs the work.
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Squeak
The Squeak programming language is a dialect of Smalltalk.
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Stereophonic sound
Stereophonic sound or, more commonly, stereo, is a method of sound reproduction that creates an illusion of multi-directional audible perspective.
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Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American entrepreneur and business magnate.
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Store and forward
Store and forward is a telecommunications technique in which information is sent to an intermediate station where it is kept and sent at a later time to the final destination or to another intermediate station.
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Stylus (computing)
In computing, a stylus (or stylus pen) is a small pen-shaped instrument that is used to input commands to a computer screen, mobile device or graphics tablet.
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Subnotebook
A subnotebook (also called an ultraportable, superportable or mini notebook) is a class of laptop (or 'notebook') computers that are smaller and lighter than a typical notebook.
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Subpixel rendering
Subpixel rendering is a way to increase the apparent resolution of a computer's liquid crystal display (LCD) or organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display by rendering pixels to take into account the screen type's physical properties.
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Sugar (software)
Sugar is a free and open-source desktop environment designed for interactive learning by children.
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Superuser
In computing, the superuser is a special user account used for system administration.
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Tablet computer
A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a portable personal computer, typically with a mobile operating system and LCD touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single thin, flat package.
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The Independent
The Independent is a British online newspaper.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.
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Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display
A Thin-film-transistor liquid-crystal display (TFT LCD) is a variant of a liquid-crystal display (LCD) that uses thin-film-transistor (TFT) technology to improve image qualities such as addressability and contrast.
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Tianhua GX-1C
The Sinomanic Tianhua GX-1C is a specially tailored subnotebook for primary and secondary school students in the People's Republic of China.
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Touchpad
A touchpad or trackpad is a pointing device featuring a tactile sensor, a specialized surface that can translate the motion and position of a user's fingers to a relative position on the operating system that is made output to the screen.
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Tunis
Tunis (تونس) is the capital and the largest city of Tunisia.
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United States dollar
The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.
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USB
USB (abbreviation of Universal Serial Bus), is an industry standard that was developed to define cables, connectors and protocols for connection, communication, and power supply between personal computers and their peripheral devices.
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VIA C7
The VIA C7 is an x86 central processing unit designed by Centaur Technology and sold by VIA Technologies.
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VIA pc-1 Initiative
The VIA pc-1 Initiative is a project of VIA Technologies, established in January 2005, to help bridge the digital divide by developing information and communication technology (ICT) systems to benefit those who currently do not have computers or Internet access.
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Visual programming language
In computing, a visual programming language (VPL) is any programming language that lets users create programs by manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually.
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Vivitar
Vivitar Corporation was a manufacturer, distributor, and marketer of photographic and optical equipment originally based in Santa Monica, California.
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Voice over IP
Voice over Internet Protocol (also voice over IP, VoIP or IP telephony) is a methodology and group of technologies for the delivery of voice communications and multimedia sessions over Internet Protocol (IP) networks, such as the Internet.
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Volt
The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.
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Walter Bender
Walter Bender is technologist and researcher who works in the field of electronic publishing, media and technology for learning.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is a unit of power.
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Web browser
A web browser (commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for accessing information on the World Wide Web.
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Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi or WiFi is technology for radio wireless local area networking of devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards.
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Wi-Fi Protected Access
Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) and Wi-Fi Protected Access II (WPA2) are two security protocols and security certification programs developed by the Wi-Fi Alliance to secure wireless computer networks.
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Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. (WMF, or simply Wikimedia) is an American non-profit and charitable organization headquartered in San Francisco, California.
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free encyclopedia that is based on a model of openly editable content.
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Will Wright (game designer)
William Ralph "Will" Wright (born January 20, 1960) is an American video game designer and co-founder of the former game development company Maxis, and then part of Electronic Arts (EA).
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Windows XP
Windows XP (codenamed Whistler) is a personal computer operating system that was produced by Microsoft as part of the Windows NT family of operating systems.
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Wireless mesh network
A wireless mesh network (WMN) is a communications network made up of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology.
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Word processor
A word processor is a computer program or device that provides for input, editing, formatting and output of text, often plus other features.
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World Summit on the Information Society
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) was a two-phase United Nations-sponsored summit on information, communication and, in broad terms, the information society that took place in 2003 in Geneva and in 2005 in Tunis.
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X window manager
An X window manager is a window manager which runs on top of the X Window System, a windowing system mainly used on Unix-like systems.
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X Window System
The X Window System (X11, or shortened to simply X) is a windowing system for bitmap displays, common on UNIX-like computer operating systems.
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Yves Béhar
Yves Béhar (born 1967) is a Swiss designer, entrepreneur and an educator.
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Zonbu
Zonbu is a technology company that markets a computing platform which combines a web-centric service, a small form factor PC, and an open source based software architecture.
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501(c)(3) organization
A 501(c)(3) organization is a corporation, trust, unincorporated association, or other type of organization exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code.
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References
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