Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Brick or mortar-refers to a company that possesses a building or store for operations
Upload-is the sending of data from a local system to a remote system
Hypertext-is text, displayed on a computer, with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access
Url-is a subset of the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it
Virus-is an infectious agent too small to be seen directly with a light microscope
Hyperlink-is a reference in a document to an external or internal piece of information
Browser-used to access the World Wide Web
Chatroom-is primarily used by mass media to describe any form of synchronous conferencing, occasionally even asynchronous conferencing
Login-is the process by which individual access to a computer system is controlled by identification of the user using credentials provided by the user
Logon-in computing, the process of login
Hypermedia-is used as a logical extension of the term hypertext in which graphics, audio, video, plain text and hyperlinks intertwine to create a generally non-linear medium of information
Cookie-is a small piece of text stored on a user's computer by a web browser
Internet-is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standardized Internet Protocol Suite (TCP/IP) to serve billions of users worldwide
Netiquette-is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums
Web Address-is a subset of the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that specifies where an identified resource is available and the mechanism for retrieving it
Denial of Service-is an attempt to make a computer resource unavailable to its intended users
Internet Explorer-is a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft and included as part of the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems starting in 1995
Mozilla Firefox-is a free and open source web browser descended from the Mozilla Application Suite and managed by Mozilla Corporation
Web Page-is a document or resource of information that is suitable for the World Wide Web
Dot Com-the generic top-level domain used on the internet’s domain name system

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Hardware #4 Definitions

DVD-is an optical disc storage media format, and was founded in 1995.
Laser-is a device that emits light (electromagnetic radiation) through a process called stimulated emission.
SDRam-is dynamic random access memory (DRAM) that has a synchronous interface.
Router-is a networking device whose software and hardware are usually tailored to the tasks of routing and forwarding information.
Scanner-is a device that optically scans images, printed text, handwriting, or an object, and converts it to a digital image.
Intel-is the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue.
Zip Drive-is a medium-capacity removable disk storage system, introduced by Iomega in late 1994.
Firewire-is a serial bus interface standard for high-speed communications and isochronous real-time data transfer, frequently used by personal computers, as well as in digital audio, digital video, automotive, and aeronautics applications
Microprocessor-incorporates most or all of the functions of a central processing unit (CPU) on a single integrated circuit
Flash Card-used for education and training