computer tech vocabulary 1
Is a long, rubber-coated bundle of wires, with plugs on either end, that connects computer parts.
What is cable
Is a tiny piece of silicon with electronic circuits.
What is a chip
A part of the computer that operates the storage Data.
What is a disk drive
Is a unit of measure equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes, which is about one billion bytes.
What is a gigabyte
This means "two," or "base two." This system is a way of counting using just the two numbers 0 and 1.
What is a binary
Is a round, shiny portable disk that stores large amounts of software and information.
What is CD-ROM
Is an electronic machine that 1) takes in data and instructions (input) 2) works with the data (processing) 3) puts out information (output)
What is a computer
Is a a file you to get from someone else's computer, over a network, and save it on your own computer or floppy disk.
What is download
This has a round, metal platter; it stores large amounts of information.
What is hard disk/hard drive
Is an electronic signal which is either on (1) or off (0). It is the smallest unit of information the computer uses.
What is a bit
Is the "box" where a column and a row intersect, in a spreadsheet.
What is a cell
Is the chip which is the brains of the computer. It is also known as the processor
What is a cpu
Is a way of sending messages from one computer to another.
What is e-mail
The parts of a computer system that you can touch.
What is hardware
Is a software program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, chats and more.
What is browser
What does LAN mean?
What is Local Area Network
In a database, this holds exactly one type of information about an item or subject. It is like one line written on an index card in an index card file.
What is field
This is known as "the language of the Web," is the set of codes used to make Web pages.
What is html
Is a group of 8 bits, strung together
What is byte
Is a way people in different places can "talk" to each other by typing their words into a computer.
What is chat
This is an organized collection of information. It is like a box of 3x5 cards that you can search, sort and analyze rapidly with a database program.
What is database
A square peice of plactic, that you put into a computer to store information. Think older before CD-Rom
What is a floppy disk (diskette)
Is a tiny picture on the screen that represents a program, file or folder.
What is icon