computer vocabulary

1. computing- Internet-based computing in which large groups of remote servers are networked so as to allow sharing of data-prossessing tasks.
2. the central prossessing unit, the key component of a computer system.
3. a work station on a network that gain access to central data files.
8. ajacent bits, usually eight, prosessed by a computer as a unit.
10. a software program that allows the user to find and read encoded documents in a form suitable for display.
11. domain name system
13. the primary display screen of a graphical user interface.
15. code- a system of representing letters, numbers, or other charactors, using binary notation.
16. a vast computer network linking smaller computer networks world wide.
18. a rigid, slotted board on which other boards that contain the circuitry of a computer.
22. Uniform resorce locater; a protocal for specifiying adresses on the internet.
24. address- a code that identifies a computer network or a particular computer or other devise of a network.
25. computer firmware that directs many basic functions of the operating system, as booting and keyboard control.
26. random access memory

1. is a component that transparently stores data so that future requests for that data can be served faster.
3. a message, or segment of data, containing information about a user, sent by a web serverto a browser and sent back to the server each time the browser requests a Web page.
4. port- universal serial bus; an external serial bus interface standard for connecting a peripheral devises for a computer.
5. drive- a disk drive containing a hard disk.
6. Electrical devises comprising a computer system, as the CPU, disk drives, keyboard or screen.
7. a computer that makes services, as access to data files, programs, and peripheral devices.
9. Internet Service Provider; a company that offers access to the Internet and to e-mail, usually for amonthly fee.
12. source- pertaining to or denoting whose source code is availible free of charge to the public to use.
14. a devise or unit that operates separately from the CPU but is not connected to it.
17. the programs used to direct operation of a computer.
19. system- a collection of software that directs a computer’s operations.
20. failure to act; inaction or neglect.
21. computer memory in which program instructions, operating procedures, or other data are permently stored.
23. an act or instance of starting a computer.