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| MAKE A COPY OF DATA ONTO A CD. IT IS CALLED “BURN” BECAUSE IT ACTUALLY HEATS UP THE CD. |
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| THE SOFTWARE YOU NEED TO LOOK AT WORLD WIDE WEB PAGES |
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| THIS IS THE SCREEN THAT APPEARS IF YOU ARE NOT BROWSING THE INTERNET, READING A FILE, OR PLAYING A GAME. YOUR ICONS ARE ON THIS SCREEN. |
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| ELECTRONIC MAIL, OR NOTES SENT OVER THE INTERNET FROM ONE USER TO ANOTHER USING A MODEM |
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| THIS IS AN ABBREVIATION FOR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS. |
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| A WORLD WIDE NETWORK OF NETWORKS CONNECTED THROUGH CABLES, PHONE LINES, SATELLITES AND WIRELESS MACHINES. ALWAYS HAS A CAPITAL “I” |
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| SEVERAL COMPUTERS CONNECTED TOGETHER SO THEY CAN SHARE INFORMATION AND PROGRAMS. THE INTERNET IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST NETWORK |
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| WHERE YOU ARE WHEN YOUR COMPUTER IS CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET |
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| THE PROGRAMS THAT TELL YOUR COMPUTER HOW TO CARRY OUT YOUR COMMANDS |
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| WHERE A COMPUTER’S INFORMATION LIVES. MANY COMPLICATED CIRCUITS ETCHED ONTO A SMALL PIECE OF SILICON |
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A SPECIAL TYPE OF HOOKUP THAT LETS ONE COMPUTER TALK TO ANOTHER.
TWO TYPES OF MODEMS:
* DIALUP (VERY SLOW, USING TELEPHONE LINE)
* BROADBAND (VERY FAST, USING CABLE OR FIBRE OPTICS LINE) |
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| UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR OR THE ADDRESS YOU TYPE IN TO GET TO A WORLD WIDE WEB SITE |
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| A COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE THAT MANAGE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION ON A COMPUTER NETWORK |
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SHORT FOR MEGABYTE, A UNIT OF MEMORY OR STORAGE CAPACITY
(1 MILLION CHARACTERS) |
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SHORT FOR GIGABYTE, A UNIT OF MEMORY OR STORAGE CAPACITY
(1 BILLION CHARACTERS) |
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| ONE TRILLION BYTES. ALSO TB, TBYTE AND T-BYTE |
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| ABBREVIATION FOR "SENDING PARTICULARLY ANNOYING MESSAGES"; IT STANDS FOR UNWANTED E-MAIL |
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