GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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Undelete:
                
 - To bring back a deleted item. Also an Undelete program.
                    Originally devised as part of utility packages such
                    as Norton and PC Tools, it is now standard with all
                    operating systems.
                
 
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Undo:
                
 - This allows users to go back one or more steps
                    to return to the state a document or other work
                    was in before an operation was carried out.
                
 
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Uninterruptable Power Supply:
                
 - (UPS) This is a battery standby power supply that will
                    allow a user to save work and shut down a system should
                    the main power fail.
                
 
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Unix:
                
 - (You-Nicks) A command-line operating system
                    developed by AT&T in the early 1970s. Linux was
                    developed from it.
                
 
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Upload:
                
 - To transfer data to a serveror portable computer
                    device.
 
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User Interface:
                
 - All the features of a program or system that govern
                   the manner by which people interact with it.
                
 
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Utility:
                
 - A program that improves the operability of a computer
                    system or provides additional features.
                
 
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