Technology Vocabulary Terms
Terms
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copy deck
- * CPU
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Central processing unit
term used for a computer - CD-ROM
- Optical disk to store audio or data files
- CD-R
- Optical disk that can be written to once
- CD-RW
- Optical disk that can be written to multiple times
- DVD
- Optical disk with high storage capacity, usually for video
- Flat panel monitor
- a thin monitor with a flat screen
- Flat screen monitor
- a traditional looking monitor with a flat screen
- * OCR
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Optical Character Recognition
used with a scanner to convert text to a word processor - File extension
- 3 characters placed after the dot in a file name to allow software to know the program used to create the file (ppt. doc.)
- * RTF
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Rich-text-format
Used to save any word processor document so any computer can open it - Pixel
- a term (from picture element) to describe the snallest part of an image on a computer monitor
- * UPS
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Uninterruptible Power Supply
a battery backup for computers and other electronic equipment - DPI
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Dots per inch
a term used to define the quality of a printer-the higher the number, the higher the quality - * RAM
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Random Access Memory
memory a computer uses to load and swap files/data - Peripheral
- external devices connected toa computer, such as printers, scanners
- pages per minute a printer will print
- PPM
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Speed of a CD-ROM or DVD
drive - 16X
- information stored on a surfer's computer by the web server of the viewed page
- Cookie
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Web page address
Universal Resource Locator - * URL
- text that, when clicked, will take the browser to a new web page
- Hyperlink
- Hypertext markup language-programming language used to create web pages
- HTML
- Children's Internet Protection Act- federal requirement to filter Internet for schools
- CIPA
- alpha or alpha-numeric name indicating a web site
- Domain name
- Internet Service Provider- can provide dial-up, cable modum, ISDN, DSL, or other connectivity
- * ISP
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Internet Protocol address-
number identifying a server or other network device - * IP address
- Wide Area Network- a group of connected networks
- *WAN
- Local Area Network- a group of computers connected to a server
- *LAN
- A theory created by Gordan Moore that the number of transistors on a processor doubles every 18 months. (Processor speeds double every 18 months)
- Moore's Law
- Global positioning system- device to locate its position on Earth via satellites
- * GPS
- Personal Digital Assistant- Palm or other small electronic devise to store info
- *PDA