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COMPUTER CONFERENCING
______________________________________________________Parent Node(s): ASC Glossary on Cybernetics
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COMPUTER CONFERENCING
enables humans to conduct a conference
even though widely scattered geographically, by communicating
through a computer network. Each conferee has a MAILBOX--a
reserved section of computer memory--to which messages may be
sent by other conferees from their terminals. In addition to
MESSAGES a computer conferencing system can include CONFERENCES
and NOTEBOOKS. These are different ways of storing comments in
computer memory and controlling who has access to the material.