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Taskbar

The horizontal bar at the bottom of the screen that shows running apps, system notifications, and the Start menu.

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Password / PIN

A secret string of characters or digits used to verify identity during login.

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User account

A personalized profile that stores settings, files, and access rights for a Windows user.

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API

Application Programming Interface - A set of rules and protocols that allows different software applications to communicate with each other.

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Database

An organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system.

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Cloud Computing

The delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the Internet ("the cl...

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