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Issue #214 May 2008
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4. JUSTIFY—To align text with both margins
6. DEGAUSS—Remove magnetism
9. BITTORRENT—A popular network that enables its users to share software peer-to-peer
11. PODCATCHER—Program used to download podcasts
12. CPP—C++ filename extension
15. GRIN—<g>
17. BACKDOOR—Undisclosed app access
18. PEROGEE—The opposite of apogee
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1. QUASAR—Starlike energy producer
2. VFD—A display on electronic systems
3. OSCILLOGRAPH—An instrument for indicating and recording electrical quantities (e.g., current and voltage)
5. WEBISODE—Episode on web site
7. ENDEAVOUR—The NASA space shuttle built in 1989 to replace the Challenger
8. BATCH—.BAT
10. SHORTCUT—Icon for quick access
11. PBX—Private phone network
13. CLARKE—The British author (b. 1917) who wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey, was knighted in 1998, and died in March 2008.
14. SNUBBER—A tool that stifles voltage transients
16. DEMO—Demonstration sample
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