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Tablet PC

A type of portable PC with a touch-sensitive screen. Many tablets have onscreen keyboards activated by touch as well as the the option of connecting a keyboard. There are three types of tablet distinguished by operating system: Windows 8 tablets, produced by Microsoft and a range of other manufacurers: the Apple iPad, which runs iOS; and tablets that run Google's Android software.

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Grahics Interchange Format. A type of image file often used on the web, but now largely superseded by...

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