| Embedded System | An electronic or electro-mechanical device, or series of devices, the function of which is controlled by one or more integral micro-processor or 'embedded' chip.
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| Mainframe | A powerful and expensive computer usually designed for providing shared computer applications between simultaneous end-users.
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| Millennium Compliant |
Systems which will continue to function normally before, during and after the century date change.
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| Millennium Ready | A term used to denote those systems which have been tested for millennium compliance and for which, either before or after remedial work, one or more of the following is true:
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- the system has no date function;
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- the system is millennium compliant;
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- non-compliance will not affect the operations for which the system is used.
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- the users of the system have made adequate plans to manage the consequences of non-compliance.
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| Personal Computer | A computer designed for use by a single user. It may be `stand alone', connected by a telephone line to the Internet or-as is usually the case the a commercial environment-connected to a server providing common services to several users.
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| Server | A general term describing computers (including mainframes) which provide shared computer resources (databases, printers, etc.) to users of connected personal computers.
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