Tech Terms

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  1. 5. Systems system software that manages computer hardware and software resources, and provides common services for computer programs.
  2. 9. Restarting a computer.
  3. 12. The process of protecting information or data by using mathematical models to scramble it in such a way that only the parties who have the key to unscramble it can access it.
  4. 13. Language Binary
  5. 16. The smallest unit of digital information.
  6. 19. A setting.
  7. 23. A set of programs that helps a communications service provider monitor, control, analyze and manage a telephone or computer network.
  8. 24. Divide The gap between those who have access to technology, the internet and digital literacy training and those who do not.
  9. 25. The traditional technology for connecting devices in a wired local area network.
  10. 27. Something you cant touch
  11. 28. A network security device designed to monitor, filter, and control incoming and outgoing network traffic based on predetermined security rules.
  12. 30. The process of starting up a computer system.
  13. 32. The primary component of a computer that acts as its “control center”
  14. 34. The internet is a wave of electric energy for communication.
  15. 35. A device that connects two or more packet-switched networks or subnetworks.
  16. 36. Any intrusive software developed by cybercriminals.
  17. 37. Random-access memory. Sometimes it's called PC memory or just memory.
  18. 38. Portable Document Format.
  19. 39. Engines A software system, or website, that helps users find information online by scanning and indexing the web.
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  1. 1. Read-Only Memory. A type of computer memory that stores permanent data and instructions for the device to start up.
  2. 2. A unit of data capacity that is equal to 1,000,000 bytes in decimal notation (base 10) or 1,048,576 bytes in binary notation.
  3. 3. Drive A little storage unit for computers.
  4. 4. A Domain Name System (DNS) turns domain names into IP addresses, which allow browsers to get to websites and other internet resources.
  5. 6. A device that converts signals produced by one type of device (such as a computer) to a form compatible with another (such as a telephone) and that is used especially to transmit and receive information between computers via landlines.
  6. 7. A program to locate and display information.
  7. 8. Wide Web A search website for everyone in the world to know.
  8. 10. Reality A computer-generated environment accessed through a head-mounted display.
  9. 11. Property Something proprietary that has value but doesn't exist as a physical object.
  10. 14. Small files of information that a web server generates and sends to a web browser.
  11. 15. Device Keyboard
  12. 17. The main printed circuit board (PCB) in a computer.
  13. 18. Information that can be used to distinguish or trace an individual's identity.
  14. 20. A computer program or device that provides a service to another computer program and its user, also known as the client.
  15. 21. Shortcut Combinations of keys on a computer keyboard that do specific actions
  16. 22. A website designed to make it easy for users to create entries in chronological order.
  17. 23. Device Speakers
  18. 24. To store on the computer.
  19. 26. A unit of data that is eight binary digits long.
  20. 29. Internet Protocol.
  21. 31. Something you can touch
  22. 33. The basic scripting language used by web browsers.