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Internet
Proper noun
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The Internet is a network of computers that are all connected to each other all over the world.
internet
Noun
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The Internet, the largest worldwide internet.
Wireless Internet connection is available throughout the hotel.
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An internet is any set of computer networks; an intranet.
server
Noun
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A server is a type of computer that people can access through the Internet to visit a website.
I recently bought a server to host my online shop.
application
Noun
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An application is a request for something. Often it is a paper form that you have to fill out to ask for something.
She filled out her applications for college and hoped she would hear soon whether she was accepted to any schools.
I have to go to the bank today to fill out an application for a loan.
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An application is the way something is used.
The application of the new laws made things much more fair in the country.
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If something has an application, it can be used.
She liked studying Latin in college, but found that a degree in Latin had few applications in the real world.
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An application is a computer program.
He told me I would need a special application to make my new printer work with my old computer.
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Application is putting something onto something else, like a surface.
Kathleen was so light-skinned that she needed many applications of sunscreen each time she was at the beach to keep from getting sunburned.
The doctor said: "Application of this medicine to your cut will make it heal faster."
programming
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noun
(= scheduling)
setting an order and time for planned events
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noun
creating a sequence of instructions to enable the computer to do something
interface
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noun
(chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between two things (two objects or liquids or chemical phases)
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noun
(computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals)
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noun
the overlap where two theories or phenomena affect each other or have links with each other
the interface between chemistry and biology
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(computer science) a program that controls a display for the user (usually on a computer monitor) and that allows the user to interact with the system