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| To allow Application Service Providers to be licensed to you |
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| A simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames. Cartoons on television is one example of animation. |
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| Smallest unit of information on a computer. |
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| An online journal in a webpage form |
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| A type of algebra in which everything can be reduced to true or false. Useful when working with binary code. |
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| The term broadband is used to describe a type of data transmission in which a single medium (wire) can carry several channels at once. |
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| Short for Web browser, a software application used to locate, retrieve and also display content on the Internet |
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| A form of harassment in order to hurt or put down. Can be done over the Internet, called Cyberbullying |
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| Abbreviation for binary term, a unit of storage capable of holding a single character. On almost all modern computers, a byte is equal to 8 bits. |
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| Central Processing Unit or the brain of the computer |
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| To put a filter on inappropriate or unwanted websites on the Internet. |
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| A way of organizing data which can be easily done in Excel. |
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| Sometimes called Network Cloud, it is a public space transmitting lines. |
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| A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file |
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| he legal right granted to an author, composer, playwright, publisher, or distributor to exclusive publication, production, sale, or distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic, or artistic work. |
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| A website where images are free of copyright and available for anyone to use |
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| Status given to identify who you are, or to give you authority in certain situations. |
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| To cut off the sides of an image to make it the proper size or to remove unwanted parts. |
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| Domain Name System an Internet service that translates domain names into IP addresses. |
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| A collection of information organized in such a way that a computer program can quickly select desired pieces of data. |
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| In GUI, a desktop is the metaphor used to portray file systems. Desktops show icons which open up applications and files |
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Using a PC or workstation to produce high-quality printed document. |
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| Like a phone connection for a computer. |
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| An organizational unit, or container, used to organize folders and files into a certain structure. |
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| A group of computers and devices on a network that are administered as a unit with common rules and procedures. |
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| To copy data (usually an entire file) from a main source to a peripheral device. |
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| Describes applications that allow you to drag objects to specific locations on the screen to perform actions on them. |
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| Short for End-User License Agreement, the type of license used for most software. An EULA is a legal contract between the manufacturer and/or the author and the end user of an application. The EULA details how the software can and cannot be used and any restrictions that the manufacturer imposes |
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| Sending text and links over the Internet to specific users. |
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| The science concerned with designing safe and comfortable machines for humans. |
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| A space allocated for a particular item of information. A tax form, for example, contains a number of fields: one for your name.. etc. |
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| A program that accepts a certain type of data as input, transforms it in some manner, and then outputs the transformed data. |
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| Software (programs or data) that has been written onto read-only memory (ROM). Firmware is a combination of software and hardware. |
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| A term that can refer to a searing attack by a writer in an e-mail or bulletin board message as well as to a highly sophisticated strain of malware. |
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| A small, portable flash memory card that plugs into a computer's USB port and functions as a portable hard drive. |
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| To prepare a storage medium, usually a disk, for reading and writing. When you format a disk, the operating system erases all bookkeeping information. |
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| A formatted document containing blank fields that users can fill in with data. |
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| (1) An equation or expression. (2) In spreadsheet applications, a formula is an expression that defines how one cell relates to other cells. |
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| An online discussion group. |
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| Copyrighted software given away for free by the author. Although it is available for free, the author retains the copyright, which means that you cannot do anything with it that is not expressly allowed by the author. Usually, the author allows people to use the software, but not sell it. |
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| In programming, a named section of a program that performs a specific task. |
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| A node on a network that serves as an entrance to another network. |
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| When decimal notation is used, giga stands for 10 to the 9th power. |
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| One GHz represents 1 billion cycles per second. (The speed of the microprocessor) |
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| a diagram showing the relation between variable quantities |
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| family of operating systems that control the working environment of user accounts and computer accounts |
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| one cycle per second. (in a processor) |
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| a system or organization in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority. |
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| The base page you open up to |
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| key sequence that executes a command or causes the operating system to switch to another program |
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| A link in a document to a website |
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| An IP address is an identifier for a computer or device on a TCP/IP network |
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| any property that is created using original thought |
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| The Internet is a global network connecting millions of computers |
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| Mail that you dont want or is non important |
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| The set of typewriter-like keys that enables you to enter data into a computer. |
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| Local Area Network-connecting a computer network in a small area |
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| false and damaging statements made about another person through e-mail |
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| A contract that grants a party explicit rights to use intellectual property. |
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| Multimedia Message Service |
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| The mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk. |
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| In decimal systems, the prefix mega means one million, but in binary systems, mega stands for 2 to the 20th power |
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| a device that picks up noise into computer. An input device |
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| Another term for display screen. |
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| a stores-and-forward method of transmitting graphics, video clips, sound files and short text message |
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| A network is a group of two or more computer systems linked together. |
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| open source refers to a program in which the source code is available to the general public |
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| the software that supports a computer's basic functions |
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| denoting a factor of 1015. |
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| Stealing something thats not yours |
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| A type of business software that enables users to create highly stylized images for slide shows and reports. |
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| The keys your hands rest on |
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| Prints out what is on the computer monitor |
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| an object that is used to project rays of light, esp. an apparatus with a system of lenses for projecting slides or film onto a screen |
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| Refers to any program that is not copyrighted. |
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| A request for information from a database. |
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| A memory device in which information can be accessed in any order |
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| Pronounced rahm, acronym for read-only memory, computer memory on which data has been prerecorded |
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| In database management systems, a complete set of information. Records are composed of fields, each of which contains one item of information. |
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| Record but multiple of them |
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| A formatted and organized presentation of data |
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| A formatted and organized presentation of data. |
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| Short for Systems Management Server, a set of tools from Microsoft that assists in managing PCs connected to a local-area network |
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| SaaS is short for 1) Software as a Service, and 2) Storage as a Service. |
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| Save as allows you to choose where and what you are saving, while save just allows you to save file to the predesigneated place. |
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| Search engines are programs that search documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found. |
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| A computer or device on a network that manages network resources. |
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| Software distributed on the basis of an honor system Most shareware is delivered free of charge, but the author usually requests that you pay a small fee if you like the program and use it regularly. |
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| A special type of file in some operating systems that points to another file or device. |
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| Internet communication of false statements injurious to a person's reputation. |
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| A slide or slider phone is a mobile phone form factor where the phone is designed like a clamshell phone |
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| A phone with access to the Internet. |
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| Ways of communicating and connecting through Internet Media. |
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| Spam is most often considered to be electronic junk mail or junk newsgroup postings. |
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| Posting unwanted and non useful things on the Internet and polluting and clogging feeds. |
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| An output device that releases noises taken from the computer into the area. |
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| Links on a website that have been paid for. |
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| A table of values arranged in rows and columns. |
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| Any software that covertly gathers user information through the user's Internet connection without his or her knowledge |
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| In word processing, a named set of formatting parameters. By applying the style name to a section of text, you can change many formatting properties. |
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| A pointing and drawing device shaped like a pen. You use a stylus with a digitizing tablet or touch screen. |
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| Refers to data arranged in rows and columns. |
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| type of notebook computer that has an LCD screen on which the user can write using a special-purpose pen, or stylus. |
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| Something that establishes or serves as a pattern for reference |
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| Tera is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting multiplication by 1012 or1000000000000. |
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| A miniature display of a page to be printed. |
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| A small, touch-sensitive pad used as a pointing device on some portable computers. |
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| A transition is what the author shows between two shots or clips. |
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| To transmit data from a computer to a bulletin board service, mainframe, or network. |
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| A name used to gain access to a computer system. Usernames, and often passwords, are required in multi-user systems. |
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| a network that is constructed by using public wires — usually the Internet — to connect to a private network, |
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| Verification that something is correct or conforms to a certain standard. |
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| A software downloaded to protect computer from viruses |
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| Voice over Internet Protocol, a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets |
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| Memory that loses its contents when the power is turned off. |
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| short for World Wide Web that precedes URL addresses is an indication that the Web address exists on the vast network |
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| A collaborative Web site comprises the perpetual collective work of many authors. |
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A program or computer that enables you to perform word processing functions.
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