RESOURCE CENTRE MANUAL
HEALTHLINK WORLDWIDE
Weeding
The process of removing materials from the collection that are either in bad
condition, no longer accurate, or replaced by other newer materials or more
recent editions of the same publication.
WWW (World Wide Web)
One of the most popular features of the Internet, made up of millions of ‘pages’
of information linked together. The WWW gives access to many types of files,
such as text, sound, image and moving pictures.
Zip drive
A drive that can store a large amount of data, often used for backing up
computer data. Zip disks can currently hold the equivalent of 180 floppy disks.
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