💻 Computer Terminology :-
Application - A program in which you do your work.
Bit - The smallest piece of information used by the computer. In computer language, it is either a one (1) or a zero (0).
Backup - A copy of a file or disk you make for archiving purposes.
Boot - To start up a computer.
Bug - A programming error that causes a program to behave in an unexpected way.
Byte - A piece of computer information made up of eight bits.
Card or Expansion Card – A printed circuit board that adds some feature to a computer.
CD-ROM - An acronym for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.
Control panel - A program that allows you to change settings in a program or change the way a computer looks and/or be haves.
CPU – Central Processing Unit. The processing chip that is the “brain” of a computer.
Crash - A system malfunction in which the computer stops working and has to be restarted.
Cursor - The pointer, usually an arrow or cross -shaped, controlled by the mouse.
Desktop - The shaded or colored backdrop of the screen.
Dialog box - An on-screen message box that appears when additional information is required before completing a command.
Disk - A spinning platter made of magnetic or optically etched material on which data can be stored.
Disk Drive - The machinery that reads the data from a disk and/or writes data to a disk.
Document - A file you create, as opposed to the application that created it.
Download - To transfer data from one computer to another. (If you are on the receiving end, you are downloading. If you are on the sending end, you are uploading).
Driver - A program on a computer that tells it how to communicate with an add-on piece of equipment (like a printer).
Expansion slot - A connector inside the computer that allows one to plug in a printed circuit board that provides new or enhanced features.
File - The generic word for an application, document, control panel, or other computer data.
Floppy Disk - A 3.5-inch square rigid disk that holds data. (Named for the earlier disks that were flexible).
Gigabyte (GB) - 1024 megabytes.
Hard Drive - A large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case.
Icon - A graphic symbol for an application, file or folder.
Kilobyte (K) - 1024 bytes. Launch - start an application.
Megabyte (MB) - 1024 kilobytes.
Memory - The temporary holding area where data is stored while it is being used or changed; the amount of RAM a computer has installed.
Menu - A list of program commands listed by topic.
Menu Bar - The horizontal bar across the top of the screen that lists the menus.
Operating System - The system software that controls the computer.
PC - Acronym for personal computer.
RAM - Acronym for Random-Access Memory.
Save - To write a file onto a disk.
Save as - (A File menu item) to save a previously saved file in a new location and/or with a new name.
Scroll bar - A bar at the bottom or right side of a window that contains the scroll box and allows scrolling.
Server - A central computer dedicated to sending and receiving data from other computers (on a network).
Shut Down - The command from the Special menu that shuts down the computer safely. Software - files on disk that contain instructions for a computer.
Upload - To send a file from one computer to another through a network
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