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=__** New vocab **__=

for users who have limitations on their ability to communicate using natural speech, the use of  technology, including computers, to assist or  replace speech, such as voice boxes or **speech** **synthesizers**. || ** bitmap ** graphic image held by a computer as a screen representation, with each bit relating to the setting of an individual pixel on the screen. || **leased line-**permanent connection over the telephone network to, for example, a **PoP**. Telephone charges are per line rather than per call made. Therefore, regardless of use, the costs are fixed and predictable. || one type of computer to behave like another. || ** GIF (graphics interchange format) ** format commonly used to store digitized images as most popular software can cope with it. || **Bandwidth-**the quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time || connection that uses the same network of coaxialcables that delivers tv signals ||
 * **cycle 1** || ** cycle 2 ** || ** clycle 3 ** || ** cycle 4 ** ||
 * **Braille notebook** portable  computer in which the userkeys   raised dots to allow reading by   touch.The output can be printed   either as Braille or in regular text  || === ** augmentative and alternative communication ** ===
 * **super computers**-superfast super powerfull computers || ** emulator ** hardware or software which enables
 * ||  ||   || **Cable modems** a type of broadband internet