| Archived |
- A file that contains one or more compressed files.
Most archive formats are also capable of storing folders in order to
reconstruct the file/folder relationship when decompressed. |
| ATA |
- Advanced Technology Attachment. A computer
disk drive interface standard. |
| Bandwidth |
- The amount of data you can send through a connection. |
| BIOS |
- Basic Input/Output System |
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| Bit Torrent |
- A file sharing service that breaks a file into pieces
and distributes them among several participating users. When you download
a torrent you are also uploading it to another user. |
| Blog |
- A web journal. Updating is blogging. |
| Broadband |
- Connection to internet via cable modem. |
| Browser |
- A program you use to view web sites. |
| Codec |
- Software or hardware that compresses and decompresses audio
and video data streams. |
| Cookie |
- Info sent by web server to web browser. |
| DDR |
- An advanced version of SDRAM. |
| DDR2 |
- Double data rate 2. Improved version of DDR
that is faster. |
| DIMM |
- Dual in-line memory module. |
| DivX |
- A video codec from DivXNetworks, based on MPEG-4. |
| DRAM |
- Dynamic random access memory. Slower and cheaper
than SRAM. |
| DRM |
- Digital Rights Management. A system for authorizing the
viewing of playback of copyrighted material on a user's computer of digital
music player. |
| DSL |
- Digital Subscriber Line. |
| E-mail |
- A message of some sort sent from one computer to another
computer. Could contain text, graphics or video. |
| EPROM |
- Eraseable Programmable Read-Only Memory |
| Fire Wall |
- Separates a network into two or more parts for security. |
| FTP |
- File Transfer Protocol. Method of moving files. |
| Hard Drive |
- Hard disk drive (HDD) - is a non-volatile storage
device which stores digitally encoded data on rapidly rotating
platters with magnetic surfaces. |
Formatting |
| HTML |
- Hypertext Markup Language. Language used to created documents for the web. |
| HTTP |
- Hypertext Transfer Protocol. The protocol for moving hypertext files
across the web. |
| IDE |
- Integrated Device Electronics. |
| Internet |
- Networks that are connected using the TCP/IP protocol. |
| Intranet |
- A private network inside a company. |
| IP Number |
- Internet Protocol Number. Every machine has a unique IP number. |
| JAVA |
- A network friendly programming language invented by Sun Microsystems. |
| JPEG |
- The most common format for image files. |
| LAN |
- Local Area Network. A network limited to the immediate area. |
| Network |
- Any time you connect two or more computers. |
| Maillist |
- Allows you to send to one address and it copies and sends
to a list that you created. |
| Munge |
- To Munge (munj) is to create a strong password by
character substitution. The word "Munge" is an acronym for
Modify Until Not Guessed Easily. A strong password contains
characters from at least 3 of these 4 character sets - lower case,
upper case, numbers or special characters !@#$%^* |
| PATA |
- ATA technology was retroactively renamed Parallel
ATA to distinguish it from Serial ATA. Both are IDE although
IDE is often misused to indicate PATA. |
| Peer-to-peer |
- A communications environment that allows all computers
in the network to act as servers and share their files with other on the
network. |
| Portal |
- A site that the owner positions as an entrance to other sites
on the internet. It typically has search engines and free email. |
| (POST) |
- Beep codes are part of the PC's Power On
Self Test (POST) routine. One beep means the system has passed
the test and the BIOS believes that the CPU and memory and video are
functioning properly. |
| RAM |
- Random access memory. |
| Read-only |
- Allowing the file to be only viewed and not
written to. |
| Router |
- A special purpose computer that handles the connection
between 2 or more Packet-Switched networks. |
| SATA |
- Serial ATA. |
| Server |
- A computer, or a software package, that provides a specific
kind of service to a client software running on other computers. |
| SIMM |
- Single in-line memory module. |
| SMTP |
- Simple Network Management Protocol. A protocol for
client-server communication that sends and receives information on top of HTTP. |
| SDRAM |
- Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory. Is
an improvement to standard DRAM. |
| SRAM |
- Static random access memory. Faster and more
expensive than DRAM. |
| Trojan Horse |
- A computer program that is hidden inside another.
Can be harmful. |
| VOIP |
- Voice Over IP (talking via telephone over the
internet) |
| VPN |
- Virtual Private Network |
| Wi-Fi |
- A popular term for a form of wireless data communications |
| Worm |
- Is a virus that spreads typically through network connections.
It makes copies of itself and infects additional computers. It might make
alter, install or destroy files and programs |
| Unix |
- A computer operating system |
| URL |
- Uniform Resource Locator. |
