Anti Virus Software Software that can
detect the presence of
a virus within a
computer file and
warn you there is a
problem.
BEBO, FACEBOOK, MY Social Neworking Sites
SPACE
Clip Art A collection of
copyright-free images
and designs which can
be copied and pasted
into a document
Data Protection Act A piece of U.K. legislation
(1984, 1998) that has been passed to
protect your rights as an
individual to have your
personal data collected,
stored and used in a
suitable manner.
E-Commerce Short for Electronic
Commerce.
It means to buy and sell by
means off the Internet.
Formula Performs Calculations
in a Spreadsheet
Gigabyte (GB) Is equivalent to 1024
Megabytes although
you will commonly
see it referred to as
1,000 Megabytes
(which isn't correct).
HTTP Stands for Hyper Text
Transfer Protocol
Information Super Highway An expression used to
describe the network of
computers which enable
access to vast amounts of
information from educational
establishments, industry,
government and personal
websites.
JPEG Stands for 'Joint Photographic
Experts Group‘ and is a
common format used for
images.
Kilobyte A kilobyte is a measure of
computer memory or storage.
Laser Printer This is an output device that
prints text and images from
the computer onto paper.
Memory Stick This is portable storage device
Network In general a network is a word
to describe a collection of
parts joined together by links
of some kind.
Operating System The operating system is a
software program that
manages the components of a
computer system and its
resources.
Password In order to log onto a
network, you need a User ID
and a password.
Qwerty Keyboard A keyboard is an 'input
device' that has a set of
electronic keys arranged in
rows.
Random access memory (or
Random Access Memory simply RAM) is the memory in
(RAM) a computer that is used to
store computer programs
while they are running any
information the programs
need to do their job.
Slide Master A presentation term.
Text This is a term used to describe
the words and characters on a
page. The page can be paper
or it can be electronic such as
this web page you are
reading.
USB Universal Serial Bus (USB) is a
type of connector that links
devices. It is mostly used on
PCs but can also be used on
other devices such as the
PlayStation, and the Xbox.
Validation Validation aims to make sure
that data is sensible,
reasonable and allowable. It
does not check that it is
correct.
Wireless This is another name for
technology that uses Radio
frequencies
X-Axis The X-Axis refers to the
horizontal axis of a graph or
chart.
Y-Axis The Y-Axis refers to the
vertical axis of a graph or
chart.
Zip Disk A zip disk is a
removable storage
device which can hold
between 100 - 250Mb
of data