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 Microsoft Computer Dictionary.--5th ed.         p. cm.      ISBN 0-7356-1495-4      1. Computers--Dictionaries. 2. Microcomputers--Dictionaries.      AQ76.5. M52267   2002      004'.03--dc21                                         200219714 

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