Technology Vocabulary

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  1. 3. a software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.
  2. 5. Function is one of those words that gets used a lot and means lots of different things. It means what something does, but also what a person does, whether something or someone is doing what they should, and crazily enough, a big party. "Your function is to bring the senator coffee at the political function. He cannot function without it."
  3. 7. (computer science) indicator consisting of a movable spot of light (an icon) on a visual display; moving it allows the user to point to commands or screen positions.
  4. 9. unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)
  5. 11. If you've invited people over, offered to entertain, or let someone crash on your couch, then you're a host. Throw a fabulous party and you’ll be everyone’s favorite host. Do it when you're also hosting pneumonia germs, and your guests won't be so grateful.
  6. 12. locate and correct errors in a computer program code
  7. 14. Analog is the opposite of digital. Any technology, such as vinyl records or clocks with hands and faces, that doesn't break everything down into binary code to work is analog. Analog, you might say, is strictly old school.
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  1. 1. A platform is any raised surface you can stand on, like the platform beside subway tracks where you wait for the train to arrive.
  2. 2. a local area network that uses high frequency radio signals to transmit and receive data over distances of a few hundred feet; uses ethernet protocol.
  3. 4. a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet.
  4. 6. A network is any interconnected system. The Internet is a network of computers all talking to one another. A subway is a network of interconnected train lines running underneath the city.
  5. 8. to reboot is to reload the operating system of a computer: to start it up again.
  6. 10. Wide Web computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol.
  7. 13. transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location.