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❖ Access time - The amount of time it takes for requested information to be delivered from disks and memory.
❖ Artificial intelligence (AI) - Computer systems that attempt to imitate human processes for analyzing and
solving problems.
❖ Accumulator - A local storage area called a Register, in which the result of an arithmetic or logic operation is
formed.
❖ Application: An application is a set of codes designed to allow specific tasks to happen. Microsoft Windows
and Internet Explorer are common examples.
❖ Active program or window: The application or window at the front (foreground) on the monitor.
❖ ALGOL: It was the first language with formal grammar. ALGOL was created by a committee for scientific use
in 1958. Its major contribution is being the root of the tree that has led to such languages as Pascal, C, C+ +,
and Java.
❖ Algorithm: In computing, an algorithm is a procedure for accomplishing some tasks which, given an initial
state, will terminate in a defined end-state.
❖ ASCII (pronounced ask key): American Standard Code for Information Interchange. a commonly used data
format for exchanging information between computers or programs.
❖ Amplifier: A device that takes in a weak electric signal and sends out a strong one. It is used to boost electrical
Signals in many electronic devices such as radios, televisions, and telephones.
❖ Analog Computer: A computer that operates on data which is in the form of continuous variable physical
quantities.
❖ Android: It is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as
smartphones and tablets computer.
❖ Antivirus Software: Antivirus software consists of 3omputer programs that attempt to identify threats and
eliminate computer viruses and other malicious software (Malware)
❖ API: API refers to Application Programming Interface. It’s the platform used by a program to access different
services on the computer system.
❖ Application Software: Application software is a subclass of computer software that employs the capabilities
of a computer directly to a task that the user wishes to perform. e.g., word document, spreadsheet, etc.
❖ Archive: It provides backup storage.
❖ Arithmetic Logic Unit (ALU): The arithmetic logic unit is a part of the execution unit, a core component of all
CPUs. ALUs are capable of calculating the results of a wide variety of basic arithmetical and logical
computations
❖ Array: An array is similar to data saved on a computer system in a sequential form.
❖ Assembler: A program that translates mnemonic statements into executable instruction.
❖ Attribute: The characteristics of an entity are called its attributes.

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❖ BIT - It is the basic unit of computers. It has two values 1 & 0 only.
❖ BYTE - Combination of 8 Bits.
❖ Basic Input Output System (BIOS) - Also known as ROM BIOS. It provides an abstraction layer for the
hardware, i.e., a consistent way for application programs and operating systems to interact with input/output
devices.
❖ Bug - A software bug is an error, flaw, failure, or fault in a computer program or system t produces an
incorrect or unexpected result.
❖ Bus - A pathway along which electronic signals travel between the components of a computer system.
❖ Backup: A copy of a file or disk you make for archiving purposes.
❖ Backspace: The backspace key is used on the keyboard to delete the text. Backspace will delete the text to
the left of the cursor.
❖ Bandwidth: The maximum amount of data that can travel in a communication path in a given time, measured
in bits per second (bps).
❖ Bar Code: A bar code is a machine-readable representation of information in a visual format on a surface. The
first bar code system was developed by Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver in 1952.
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❖ Bitmap: A method of storing a graphic image as a set of bits in computer memory. To display the image on
the screen, the computer converts the bits into pixels.
❖ Blog: It is a discussion or informational site published on the world wide web.
❖ Bomb: A type of virus designed to activate at a specific date and time on your computer.
❖ Bluetooth: A protocol that permits a wireless exchange of information between computers. cell phone and
other electronic devices within a radius of about 30 feet.
❖ Booting: Booting is a bootstrapping process that starts the operating system when a computer is switched on
❖ Botnet: It is a collection of internet-connected programs communicating with other similar programs in order
to perform tasks.
❖ Boot Sequence: A boot sequence is the set of operations the computer performs when it is switched on which
loads an operating system.
❖ Browser: A special software that enables users to read/view web pages and jump from one web page to
another.
❖ Buffering: The process of storing data in a memory device, allowing the devices to change the data rates, and
perform error checking and error retransmission.
❖ Boolean: An expression, the value of which is either true or false.

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❖ Cookie - A packet of information that travels between a browser and the web server.
❖ Command - An instruction that causes a program or computer to perform a function.
❖ Cache - It is a memory storage area that keeps frequent use data readily available to the computer so that the
computer does not retrieve them from slow storage devices.
❖ Clock Speed - The speed of the computer is measured in clock speed. High clock speed is synonymous with
high processing capability. It is measured in Megahertz (MHz).
❖ Column - A vertical block of cells in a table or spreadsheet.
❖ CGI: CGI stands for Common Gateway Interface. It defines how an auxiliary program and a Web server would
communicate.
❖ Class: A group of objects having the same operations and attributes is defined as a class.
❖ Client: A client is a program that asks for information from other processes or programs. Outlook Express is a
great example of a client.
❖ CD-ROM: An acronym for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.
❖ Client – Server: A common form of a distributed system in which software is split between server tasks and
client tasks. A client sends requests to a server, according to some protocol, asking for information or action,
and the server responds.
❖ Clipboard - A portion of memory where the Mac temporarily stores information. Called a Copy Buffer in many
PC applications because it is used to hold information that is to be moved, as in word processing where text is
"cut" and then "pasted".
❖ Clock Rate (MHz) - The instruction processing speed of a computer measured in millions of cycles per second
(i.e., 200 MHz).
❖ Compiler - a program that converts programming code into a form that can be used by a computer.
❖ Compression - a technique that reduces the size of a saved file by eliminating or encoding redundancies (i.e.,
JPEG, MPEG, LZW, etc.)
❖ CPU: The Central Processing Unit. The processing chip is the "brain" of a computer.
❖ Cache Memory: The speed of the CPU is extremely high compared to the access time of the main memory
Therefore, the performance of the CPU decreases due to the slow speed of the main memory. To decrease
the mismatch in operating speed, a small memory chip is attached between the CPU and main memory whose
access time is very close to the processing speed of the CPU It is called the Cache Memory.
❖ Chip: A tiny wafer of silicon-containing miniature electric circuits that can store millions of bits of information.
❖ Compiler: A compiler is a computer program that -translates a series of instructions written in one computer
language (called the source language) into another computer language (also called the object or target
language).
❖ Communication: The transmission of data from one computer to another or from one device to another is
called communication.
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❖ Computer Networks: A computer network is a system or communication among two or more computers.
Computer networks can be broadly classified as Homogenous' and 'Heterogeneous'.
❖ Computer Graphics: Computer Graphics are visual presentations on a computer screen. Examples are
photographs, drawings, line arts, graphs, diagrams, typography numbers, symbols, geometric designs, maps,
engineering drawings, or other images.
❖ Cold Boot: When a computer restarts after the power cut is called a cold boot
❖ Control Panel: Control Panel is part of the Windows menu. accessible from the start menu, which allows users
to view and manipulate basic system settings and controls, such as adding hardware. adding/removing
software, controlling user accounts, changing accessibility options, etc.
❖ Control Unit: A control unit is the part of a CPU that 'erects its operation. The outputs of this unit control the
activity of the rest of the device.
❖ Cracker: The preferred term used to refer to a computer criminal who penetrates a computer to steal
information or damage the program in some way.
❖ Cursor - The pointer, usually arrow or cross-shaped, is controlled by the mouse.
❖ CMOS: CMOS is an abbreviation for Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor. It is the battery-powered
chip that is situated on the Motherboard that retains system information such as date and time.

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❖ Delete - To remove an item of data from a file or to remove a file from the disk.
❖ Debugging - Locating and eliminating defects in a program.
❖ Desktop - The electronic work area on a display screen.
❖ Dots Per Inch (DPI) - It is defined as the measure of the resolution of a printer and scanner, or monitor.
❖ Domain Name - A unique name that identifies a particular website and represents the name of the server
where the web pages reside.
❖ Data: Data refers to the information that is saved on a computer.
❖ DOS: DOS is an acronym for Disc Operating System. It is a command line operating system launched by Bill
Gates.
❖ Database - an electronic list of information that can be sorted and/or searched.
❖ Defragment - (also - optimize) to concatenate fragments of data into contiguous blocks in memory or on a
hard drive.
❖ Dialog box - an on-screen message box that appears when the computer requires additional information
before completing a command.
❖ Digitize - To convert linear, or analog, data into digital data that can be used by the computer.
❖ Disk - a spinning platter made of magnetic or optically etched material on which data can be stored.
❖ Disk drive: The machinery that writes the data from a disk and/or writes data to a disk.
❖ Disk window: The window that displays the contents or directory of a disk.
❖ Document - a file you create, as opposed to the application which created it.
❖ DOS - acronym for Disk Operating System - used in IBM PCs.
❖ Download - to transfer data from one computer to another. (If you are on the receiving end, you are
downloading. If you are on the sending end, you are uploading).
❖ Drag - to move the mouse while its button is being depressed.
❖ Driver - a file on a computer that tells it how to communicate with an add-on piece of equipment (like a printer).
❖ DTP: Desk Top Publisher (ing) is a term that describes a program that enables users to create, design, and
print items such as business cards, birthday cards, letterheads, calendars, invitations, and so on.

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❖ Ethernet Card - A network adapter that enables a computer to connect to an Ethernet.
❖ Editing: The process of changing information by inserting, deleting, replacing, rearranging, and reformation.
❖ E-mail: Electronic mail, abbreviated e-mail is a method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving
messages over electronic communication systems.
❖ Encapsulation: It is a mechanism that associates the code and the data it manipulates into a single unit and
keeps them safe from external interference.
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❖ Encryption: In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding messages (or information) in such a way
that hackers cannot read them, that the authorized users can access it.
❖ End User: Any individual who uses the information verified by a computer-based team.
❖ Entity: An entity is something that has certain attributes or properties which may be assigned values.
❖ Entity-relationship diagram: It’s a diagram that represents entities and how they are related to each other.
❖ Ethernet - a protocol for fast communication and file transfer across a network.
❖ Execution Time: The total time required to execute programs on a particular system.
❖ Expansion slot: A connector inside the computer that allows one to plug in a printed circuit board that provides
new or enhanced features.
❖ Environment: Environment refers to the interaction among all factors external to a physical platform. An
environment is made of specific software, hardware, and network protocols that allow communication with the
system.

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❖ Fax - A shortened form of the word facsimile. A copy of a document is transmitted electronically from one
machine to another.
❖ File transfer protocol (FTP) - A set of guidelines or standards that establish the format in which files can be
transmitted from one computer to another.
❖ Firewall - A security system usually consisting of hardware and software that prevents unauthorized persons
from accessing certain parts of a program, database, or network.
❖ Flash Memory - It is a type of non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and
reprogrammed. It was developed by EEPROM.
❖ FAT: FAT is an acronym for File Allocation Table. It resembles a table of contents so that files can be located
on a computer.
❖ Fault: Hardware or software failure.
❖ Field: The attributes of an entity are written as fields in the table representation.
❖ File - the generic word for an application, document, control panel, or other computer data.
❖ Floppy - a 3.5-inch square rigid disk that holds data. (so named for the earlier 5.25 and 8-inch disks that were
flexible).
❖ Folder - an electronic subdirectory that contains files.
❖ Font - a typeface that contains the characters of an alphabet or some other letterforms.
❖ Fragmentation - The breaking up of a file into many separate locations in memory or on a disk.
❖ Freeze - a system error, which causes the cursor to lock in place.
❖ Front End: It is an interface through which a program can be accessed by common users.

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❖ Gateway - A machine that links two networks using different protocols.
❖ Gigabyte - A measurement of the storage capacity of a device. One gigabyte represents 1024 megabytes.
❖ Google – search engine on the web.
❖ Gopher - A protocol used for locating and transferring information on the internet. It is an internet search tool
that allows users to access textual information.
❖ GUI - Graphical User Interface uses icons and menus to carry out commands such as opening files, deleting
files, moving files, etc.
❖ Graphic Interchange Format (GIF) - A simple file format for pictures and photographs that are compressed
so that they can be sent quickly.
❖ Groupware: It is software that allows a networked individual to form groups and collaborate on documents,
programs, or databases.

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❖ Hard copy - Text or graphics printed on paper; also called a printout.
❖ Hard disk - A rigid type of magnetic medium that can store large amounts of information.
❖ Hyperlink - An image or portion of text on a webpage that is linked to another webpage.
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❖ Hub-A network device that connects multiple computers on a LAN so that they can communicate with another
network and the internet.
❖ Header - Repetitive information that appears at the top (the head) of every page of a document.
❖ Hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) - The protocol used on the World Wide Web that permits Web clients
(Web browsers) to communicate with Web servers.
❖ Hardware: Hardware is a set of physical objects such as monitor, keyboard, mouse, and so on.
❖ Hard drive - a large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case.
❖ Head crash - a hard disk crash caused by the heads coming in contact with the spinning disk(s).
❖ Highlight: To select by clicking once on an icon or by highlighting text in a document.
❖ Hit rate - The fraction of all memory reads which are satisfied from the cache.
❖ Hz - Abbreviation for hertz, the number of cycles per second, used to measure clock speed

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❖ Icons-In a graphical user interface (GUI), a small, pictorial, on-screen representation of an object, such as a
document, program, folder, or disk drive.
❖ Instant messaging (IM) - A chat program that lets people communicate over the Internet in real-time.
❖ Internet protocol (IP) address - A unique set of numbers that identifies a computer over a network.
❖ Internet service provider (ISP) - An organization that provides access to the Internet for a fee.
❖ Intranet - A private network established by an organization for the exclusive use of its employees. Firewalls
prevent outsiders from gaining access to an organization’s intranet.
❖ IDE: It stands for Integrated Development Environment. IDE is a programming system that combines several
tools of programming to provide an integrated platform for programming. For instance, Visual Basic provides
an IDE.
❖ Initialize - to format a disk for use in the computer; creates a new directory and arrange tracks for the recording
of data.
❖ Insertion point - in word processing, the short flashing marker that indicates where your next typing will begin.
❖ Installer - software used to install a program on your hard drive.
❖ Interrupt button - a tool used by programmers to enter the debugging mode. The button is usually next to the
reset button
❖ Instance: It is an object described by its class.
❖ Internet: The Internet is a network that accommodates several computers to facilitate the exchange and
transfer of data.

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❖ JPEG - Joint Photographic Experts Group. A format for storing complex graphics in compressed form.
❖ Joystick: A joystick is a computer peripheral or general control device consisting of a handheld stick that pivots
about one end and transmits its angle in two or three dimensions to a computer.
❖ Justification - Aligning lines of text at the left margin, the right margin, both margins, and the center. Text
aligned at both margins is considered fully justified.

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❖ Keyboard - The device used to enter information into a computer.
❖ Kilobyte - A measurement of the storage capacity of a device. One kilobyte represents 1024 bytes.
❖ Kernel: It is a program called when a computer system is started. Kernel is responsible for setting up system
calls in order to manage hardware and system services, and allocate resources to applications.

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❖ LAN - A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area
such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building, using network media.
❖ Laptop computer - A portable computer. Also known as a notebook computer.
❖ Landscape Orientation – The positioning of the page so that the information is printed across the long
dimension of the page.
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❖ Liveware - It is a term to describe the human system, as opposed to hardware or software in a computer.
❖ LIGHT Pen: A light-sensitive style for forming graphics by touching coordinates on a display screen. Thereby
seeming to draw directly on the screen.
❖ Loop: A sequence of instructions that is executed repeatedly until a terminal condition occurs.
❖ Launch - start an application.

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❖ Macro virus - A type of virus that attaches itself to documents or word processing templates.
❖ Malware - Software that disrupts normal computer functions or sends a user’s data without the user’s
authorization.
❖ Memory Cell - A circuit in memory that represents a single bit of information.
❖ Mass Storage - Storage systems that provide access to hundreds of billions of bytes of stored data. They are
often referred to as Archival Storage because of the very large volumes of historical or backup data they can
store.
❖ MIPS (Millions of instructions per second) – It is used to measure the speed of a processor.
❖ Morphing - The transformation of one image into another image.
❖ Mobile Commerce (m-Commerce) - A form of e-commerce that can conduct monetary transactions via a
mobile device such as a cell phone.
❖ Mozilla - a web browser and successor to Netscape Communicator.
❖ Memory: Memory is the internal storage location where data and information is stored on a computer.
❖ Modem: Modem is a term created from the beginning letters of two other words viz. Modulation and
Demodulation. The term implies changing of data from digital to analog and then back to digital.
❖ Multithreading: It is a facility available in an operating system that allows multiple functions from the same
application packages.
❖ Multiuser: The term describing the capability of a computer system to be operated at more than one terminal
at the same time.
❖ Multiplexer: It is a device That combines multiple input signals into an aggregate signal for transmission.
❖ Menu - a list of program commands listed by topic.
❖ Menu bar: The horizontal bar across the top of the screen that lists the menus.
❖ MHz - Abbreviation for megahertz, or millions of cycles per second.
❖ Multi-tasking: Running more than one application in memory at the same time.

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❖ NIBBLE - Combination of four bits.
❖ Network - A system of interconnected computers. They are of three types i. e. LAN, MAN, WAN.
❖ Network Interface Card (NIC) - This is a part of the computer that allows it to talk to other computers via a
network protocol like TCP/IP.
❖ Node - A computer that is attached to the network. Each node has its address on the network so that it can be
uniquely identified and can communicate with other nodes on the same or different network.

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❖ Offline - Refers to the state in which a computer is temporarily or permanently unable to communicate with
another computer.
❖ Online - Refers to the state in which a computer is ready to communicate with other computers.
❖ Open-source software - Software that makes the underlying source code available to all users at no charge.
❖ Operating system (OS) - Software that manages the internal functions and controls the operations of a
computer.
❖ Optical disk: A high-capacity storage medium that is read by a laser light.

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❖ Palmtop computer - A portable computer smaller than a notebook (or laptop) computer that fits in the palm of
your hand. Also called a handheld computer.
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❖ Password - A user’s secret identification code, is required to access stored material. A procedure intended to
prevent information from being accessed by unauthorized persons.
❖ Piracy - The illegal copying of software or other creative works.
❖ Phishing - A type of computer fraud that tries to trick users into revealing their passwords and other confidential
information.
❖ Portrait orientation - Positioning paper so that information is printed across the short dimension of the paper.
❖ Packet: Sections in which messages or data are divided to transfer it over a network.
❖ Pixel: Pixel is formed by combining the two words viz. Picture Element. It represents one point within an image.
❖ Palette - a small floating window that contains tools used in a given application.
❖ Partition - a subdivision of the surface of a hard drive that is defined and used as a separate drive.
❖ Paste: To insert text, or other material, from the clipboard or copy buffer.
❖ PC – an acronym for personal computer commonly used to refer to an IBM or IBM clone computer that uses
DOS.
❖ PCI: Acronym for Peripheral Component Interchange - the newer, faster bus architecture.
❖ Peripheral - an add-on component to your computer.
❖ Pop-up menu: Any menu that does not appear at the top of the screen in the menu bar. (May pop up or down)
❖ Power PC - a processing chip designed by Apple, IBM, and Motorola (RISC based).
❖ Power Mac - a family of Macs built around the PowerPC chip.
❖ Print spooler - a program that stores documents to be printed on the hard drive, thereby freeing the memory
up and allowing other functions to be performed while printing goes on in the background.
❖ Port: Port is a connecting component mainly hardware that enables two computers to allow data sharing
physically. Examples are USB and HDMI.
❖ Process: It’s a series of commands that changes data values.
❖ Protocol: Protocol refers to a set of rules that are followed by two devices while interacting with each other.

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❖ Query - An alternate pipe form of the operating system, which handles data in the form of messages rather
than bytes.
❖ Qwerty - It is one of the standard computer keyboards, with the characters Q, W, E, R, T, and Y on the top
row of letters on the keyboard.

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❖ Response time - The time a computer takes to execute a command.
❖ Retrieve - To call up information from memory or storage so that it can be processed in some way.
❖ Record - A collection of all the information about a particular subject.
❖ Row - A horizontal block of cells in a table or spreadsheet.
❖ Resolution - Measurement of the degree of sharpness of a displayed image. It is defined as the number of
pixels per square inch on a computer-generated display.
❖ Register - A temporary storage unit for quick, direct accessibility of a small amount of data for processing.
❖ RAM: RAM is an acronym for Random Access Memory. It is a configuration of storage cells that hold data so
that it can be processed by the central processing unit. RAM is a temporary storage location.
❖ Router: A network device that enables the network to reroute messages it receives that are intended for other
networks. The network with the router receives the message and sends it on its way exactly as received. In
normal operations. They do not store any of the messages that they pass through.
❖ Routing: The process of choosing the best path throughout the LAN.
❖ Root directory: the main hard drive window.
❖ ROM: ROM is an acronym for Read-Only Memory. It is a semiconductor-based storage system that saves
information permanently.

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❖ Save As – Give the file a name and/or store the file in a certain place.
❖ Save - Tell the computer to create a file on disk that has the information you’ve put into the document.
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❖ Scroll bar – This allows you to move around through your document.
❖ Shut down - To quit all applications and turn off the computer.
❖ Spam - unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail.
❖ Scanner - An input device that can copy a printed page into a computer’s memory, thus doing away with the
need to type the copy.
❖ Screen saver - A program that changes the screen display while the user is away from the computer.
❖ Server - A computer that manages a shared resource and provides a set of shared user services to the clients.
❖ Search Engine - Software that searches gather and identify information from a database based on an index,
keywords, or titles.
❖ Spam - Unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail.
❖ Soft copy - Information shown on the display screen.
❖ Sort - To arrange fields, records, or files in a predetermined sequence.
❖ Surfing the Net - Browsing through various Web sites on the Internet in search of interesting things.
❖ Software: Software is a program (coding) that the computer reads. The system then carries out functions as
directed by the code. Adobe Photoshop is software.
❖ Scroll: To shift the contents of a window to bring hidden items into view.
❖ Swapping: Storing programs on disk and then transferring these programs into main storage as and when
they are needed.
❖ Synchronization: This method ensures that the receiving end can recognize characters in order, in which the
transmitting end sends them in serial data transmission.
❖ Scroll box - the box in a scroll bar that is used to navigate through a window.
❖ SCSI: Acronym for Small Computer System Interface.
❖ Serial port: A port that allows data to be transmitted in a series (one after the other), such as the printer and
modem ports on a Mac.
❖ Spreadsheet - a program designed to look like an electronic ledger.
❖ Startup disk - the disk containing system software and is designated to be used to start the computer.
❖ Surge suppressor - a power strip that has circuits designed to reduce the effects of surge in electrical power.
(Not the same as a UPS)
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❖ Trash - Place where you put files and folders that you want to delete or get rid of.
❖ Topology - The structure of the network, including physical connections such as wiring schemes and logical
interactions between network devices.
❖ Track - A ring on a disk where data can be written.
❖ Telnet - A protocol for remote computing on the internet that allows a computer to act as a remote terminal on
another machine, anywhere on the internet.
❖ Touchpad - The device on a laptop computer that takes the place of a mouse.
❖ Touch screen technology - The technology that permits a user to perform a function simply by touching the
screen on an appropriate spot.
❖ TCP/IP: TCP/IP is an acronym for Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. It’s a set of communication
protocols used to connect host computers on the Internet.
❖ Title bar - the horizontal bar at the top of a window that has the name of the file or folder it represents.

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❖ Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS) - A Battery powered backup system that provides enough electricity to a
computer during a power outage so that a user can save files before shutting down the computer.
❖ Universal Serial Bus (USB) - A common standard for connecting multiple peripherals to a computer as
needed.
❖ URL: URL stands for Universal Resource Locator. It’s a way of accessing the Internet.
❖ Upload - To transfer information from a client computer to a host computer.

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❖ Virus - A piece of computer code designed as a prank or malicious act to spread from one computer to another
by attaching itself to other programs.
❖ Virtual Memory: Virtual Memory is the unused memory on the hard disk used when certain applications require
more RAM than is available on the machine.

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❖ WAP - Wireless Application Protocol is a specification for a set of communication protocols used to allow
wireless devices to access the internet and other utilities.
❖ Web browser - Software that permits a user with a click of a mouse to locate, display, and download text,
video, audio, and graphics stored in a host computer on the Web. The most common Web browsers now in
use are Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox.
❖ WWW: WWW stands for World Wide Web. It’s a term used to define the Internet.
❖ WAN: WAN is an acronym for Wide Area Network. Such a network spans over an area larger than a LAN.
❖ WORM - acronym for Write Once-Read Many; an optical disk that can only be written to once (like a CD-ROM).
❖ Web site - One or more related pages created by an individual or an organization and posted on the World
Wide Web.
❖ Wi-Fi (Wireless fidelity) - A process that permits high-speed wireless transmission of data.
❖ Word processing - The electronic process of creating, formatting, editing, proofreading, and printing
documents.
❖ Workstation - A desktop computer that runs applications and serves as an access point in a local area
network.

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❖ Zombie - A computer that has been hijacked by a cracker without the owner’s knowledge and used to perform
malicious tasks on the Internet.
❖ Zoom box - a small square in the upper right corner of a window which, whenclicked, will expand the window
to fill the whole screen.
❖ ZIP: ZIP is an acronym for Zone Information Protocol. ZIP application enables transfer of data using
compression of files.