important words

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
- Application software
- ALU (arithmetic/logic unit)
- ASCII code
- Access arm
- Address of a cell (in Excel)
- Absolute referencing (in Excel)
- Analog transmission
- Assembly languages
- Assembler
- Authentication
- ActiceX
- Attributes (in HTML tags)
- Algol
B
- Browser
- Booting
- BIOS (basic input/output system)
- Bit
- Byte (8 bits)
- Batch processing (of stored data)
- Bit-based graphics applications
- Bus network
- Basic
- Backup
- BMP (bitmap format)
C
- CPU (central processing unit)
- CD-ROM
- Compression
- Control unit
- Cursor
- CRT (cathode ray tube)
- Control keys
- Character map
- Catalog (in the internet)
- Cylinder
- Custom software
- Commercial software
- Color depth
- Cell (in Excel)
- Communication media
- CSMA/CD (ethernet) protocol
- Client/server network
- Compiler
- Cobol
- C
- C++
- Cookies
- Ceasar's code
- CSS (cascading style sheets)
- CMYK color model
- CGI scripts (Common Gateway Interface)
D
- Data
- Diskette
- Disk drive
- DVD-ROM
- Database programs
- Dot-matrix printer
- Directory (in the Internet)
- Database
- Direct file organization
- Dialog Box
- Digital transmission
- DSL (digital subscriber line)
- Duplex transmission
- Data structure
- Differential backup
- Digital signature
- DNS (Domain Name Service)
E
- email
- Ethernet protocol
- Expansion slots
- Extension (of a file)
- Encryption
F
- File
- Folder
- Flash memory
- Function keys
- Floppy disk
- Field
- Freeware
- Function (in Excel)
- Formula (in Excel)
- Fortran
- Form (in Access)
- Foreign key
- Full backup
- Firewall
- FTP (file transfer protocol)
G
- GUI (graphical user interface)
- Graphics card
- GIF format
- Gateways
H
- Hardware
- Hard disk
- Head switching time
- Half-duplex transmission
- High-level programming language
- hierarchical database
- Hoax
- http (Hypertext transfer protocol)
- HTML (Hypertext markup language)
- Hyperlink
I
- Input
- Internet
- Interrupt
- Instruction set
- Icon
- Ink-jet printer
- IC (integrated circuit)
- ISDN (integrated services digital networks)
- Incremential backup
- IP (Internet Protocol)
J
- JPG-format
- Java
- Javascript
- Java applets
K
- Keyboard
- Kernel of an OS
- Key
L
- LAN (local area network)
- Linux
- LCD (liquid crystal display)
- Laser printer
- Label (in Excel)
M
- Mouse
- Memory
- Monitor
- Magnetic tape
- Modem
- Mainframe
- MS-DOS
- MAC OS
- Multiprogramming
- Machine cycle
- Motherboard
- Memory cache
- Menu
- Mechanical Mouse
- MIDI (musical instrument digital interface)
- MIME type
- Macro
- Macro Virus
- MP3-format
- machine language
- many-to-many relationship
N
- Network
- Notebook
- Nonimpact Printer
- Network topology
O
- Output
- OS (operating system)
- Open-source software
- Optical Mouse
- Object-oriented programming
- one-to-many relationship
- one-to-one relationship
P
- Program
- Programmer
- Processor
- Primary storage
- Printer
- Peripheral equipment: all input, output, and secondary storage devices.
- Protocol
- PC (personal computer)
- Platform
- Parallel port
- Parallel processing
- Pointer
- Pixel
- Plug-in (for a browser)
- Path (address)
- Programming Language
- Peer-to-peer network
- Pascal
- Primary key
- Password
- Public key encryption
Q
- Query
R
- Registers
- RAM (random access memory)
- ROM (read-only memory)
- Read/Write Head
- Rotational delay
- RAID (redundant array of independent disks)
- Record
- Resolution (of a monitor)
- Refresh rate (=scan rate)
- Relative referencing (in Excel)
- Response time (of a computer)
- Ring network
- Router
- Report (in Access)
- Relational database
- RSA-Algorithm
- Routing tables
- RGB color model
S
- Software
- Scanner
- Secondary storage
- Server
- Software piracy
- Spreadsheet programs
- Semiconductor
- System bus
- Serial port
- Scan rate (= refresh rate)
- Search Engine
- Sector (of a hard disk)
- Seek time
- Sequential file organization
- Shareware
- Scrolling
- Stored-program computer (von Neumann Computer)
- Simplex transmission
- Star network
- Structured Programming
- SQL
- SSL (Secure Sockets Layer)
- Symmetric key encryption
- Source code (HTML)
T
- TCP/IP
- TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)
- Transistor
- Touchpad
- Trackball
- TFT (thin-film transistor technology), the so-called active matrix technology used in LCD screens.
- Track (of a hard disk)
- Transaction processing (of stored data)
- Toolbar
- Thread of a program
- Token ring protocol
- Table
- Trojan horse
- Telnet
- Tag (HTML)
U
- User
- UI (user interface)
- Unix
- URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
V
- Virtual memory
- Virus
- Vector-based graphics applications
- Value of a cell (in Excel)
W
- WAN (wide area network)
- WWW (world wide web)
- Workstation
- Windows
- Word processing
- Worm
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