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IT Vocabulary

This document is titled "English for Information Technology" and contains definitions for IT vocabulary terms beginning with letters A through E, including ActiveX, algorithm, animation, ASCII, backbone, backdoor, bandwidth, and binary. It is authored by Alfonso Flores and provides concise explanations of computing and technology terms.

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IT Vocabulary

This document is titled "English for Information Technology" and contains definitions for IT vocabulary terms beginning with letters A through E, including ActiveX, algorithm, animation, ASCII, backbone, backdoor, bandwidth, and binary. It is authored by Alfonso Flores and provides concise explanations of computing and technology terms.

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English for Information Technology.

Alfonso Flores

English for Information Technology.

IT VOCABULARY
1st part
From A to E

Alfonso Flores

English for Information Technology.

ActiveX

Alfonso Flores

Algorithm

Code developed by Microsoft

for interaction between


Microsoft applications. It was
developed as competition to
Java technology from Sun
Microsystems.

In a general sense, it is a set

of unambiguous rules for the


solving of a problem. To a
programmer, it is a set of
commands in computer code.

English for Information Technology.

Animation

A simulation of movement

created in a graphics program.


Web animation is often
created as animated gifs, or
Macromedia Flash.

Alfonso Flores

ASCII

American Code for

Information Interchange. The


standard code used by
computers to represent
characters with each letter
assigned a number from 1 to
127

English for Information Technology.

Backbone

Refers to the large capacity

cables that support the


majority of Internet traffic.

Alfonso Flores

Backdoor

A weakness in the security of

computer code that allows


users to gain access to a
program, web site or
computer.

English for Information Technology.

Bandwidth

The amount of data that can

transfer over a network in a


specified period of time.

Alfonso Flores

Binary

A number system that has

just two unique digits. In


computer programming,
generally represented by 1
and 0.

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