The Lexicon of New Media Terms

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Terms beginning with "U"

• undocumented feature: What programmers call it when their software programs do strange things noboby expected - like crashing a computer.
• universe: The number of potential consumers in a given media or market.
• UNIX: A computer operating system popular with computer programmers and Internet technicians.
• uploading: Moving or copying a file from a local computer to a remote network or Web server.
• URL: Uniform resource locator (pronounced like "Earl"), the domain name and server path which locates a file; for example, www.somesite.com/news-directory/homepage.html.
• usability: How easy it is for users to satisfy their goals using a program or Web site; for example, how long it takes to draw a picture in an image editing application.
• USENET: A global network of threaded discussion groups.
• user interface: The point of communication between a computer and human users.

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