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Wikipedia: Word Processor

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a very complete definition of the word processor. Includes information on the origin of the word processor, word processing programs, and many hyperlinked terms.
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Wikipedia: Computer Network

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers the definition of the term, "Computer network," including the range, functional relationship, topologies, functions, and protocals.
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Wikipedia: Personal Area Network (Pan)

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia gives an excellent encyclopedia definition of a Personal Area Network for the computer, or PAN.
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Wikipedia: Modem

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an extensive encyclopedia definition of the term, "Modem," including history, description, internet access, and more.
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Wikipedia: Local Area Network (Lan)

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia definition of a local area network, or LAN, including many hyperlinked terms.
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Wikipedia: Cd Rom

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a table of contents of information on the term, "CD-ROM," including an image.
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Wikipedia: Ms Dos

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia gives an excellent definition of Microsoft's original disk operating system, MS-DOS, including hyperlinked terms and more.
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Wikipedia: Mac Os History

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a simply stated history of the Mac OS, or operating system, including table of contents and hyperlinked terms.
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Wikipedia: Justification for the State

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wikipedia, this article outlines the purpose of government and explains how disagreement over purpose can splinter into various movements such as socialism, fascism, and communism. Includes links to further explanations of different...
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Wikipedia: Authoritarianism

For Students 9th - 10th
From Wikipedia, an extensive definition of authoritarianism. Also includes arguments for and against authoritarian regimes.
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Wikipedia: Cd Burner

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a simple definition of the term, "CD Burner," including external links and hyperlinked terms.
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Wikipedia: Presentation Program

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains how presentation software is used, and what types of software are available for this purpose.
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Wikipedia: Router

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a detailed encyclopedia definition of the term, "router," including hyperlinked terms and links to router manufacturers and a picture of what a router looks like.
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Wikipedia: Debugging

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides a lengthy definition of the term, "debugging," including hyperlinked terms, links, and references.
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Wikipedia: Acetic Acid

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides information on acetic acid, including properties, biochemistry, history, production, uses, safety, and more.
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Wikipedia: Adenosine Triphosphate

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides information on adenosine triphosphate (ATP) including chemical properties, biological function, production, other triphosphates, and more.
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Wikipedia: Alkaline Earth Metals

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a brief but accurate definition of alkaline earth metals. Includes a list of elements in the chemical series.
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Wikipedia: Allemande

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers a definition of allemande, a type of dance popular in Baroque music. Includes hyperlinked terms.
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Wikipedia: Ragtime

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers the definition, historical context, revival, and composers of the ragtime style of music.
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Wikipedia: Ashkenazi

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia entry for Ashkenazi Jews, descendants of Jews from Germany, Poland, Austria, and Eastern Europe.
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Wikipedia: Augsburg Confession

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an encyclopedia entry on the Augsburg Confession, the primary confession of faith of the Lutheran Church and one of the most important documents of the Lutheran reformation.
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Wikipedia: Bacon's Rebellion

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia provides an entry about Bacon's Rebellion, an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony led by Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part. A similar uprising...
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Wikipedia: Bodhisattva

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers excellent information on Bodhisattva, or a person striving for Enlightenment, including a table of contents for easy site navigation.
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Wikipedia: Caedmon

For Students 9th - 10th
Wikipedia offers biographical information on Anglo Saxon poet, Caedmon, including "Caedmon's Hymn of Creation."