Technology Vocabulary

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  1. 4. board system a computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interest
  2. 6. The noun alignment refers to the correct positioning of something. If you check the alignment of your feet when running, you're checking to make sure they're not pointing to either side, but going straight ahead.
  3. 7. Backup is what someone gives when they help or support you. A brand new doctor might need some backup in the emergency room for the first few weeks.
  4. 9. esponding to or operating at a wide band of frequencies
  5. 11. Something that can be broken into two categories is binary. Binary means something close to dual or double.
  6. 12. Let me give you a bit of advice: Use bit when you're talking about a small amount.
  7. 13. A browser is a looker: either a program that lets you surf the Internet or a person in a store who just looks around without buying.
Down
  1. 1. of or relating to a combinatorial system devised by George Boole that combines propositions with the logical operators AND and OR and IF THEN and EXCEPT and NOT
  2. 2. 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.
  3. 3. an image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixels
  4. 5. (computer science) a data transmission rate (bits/second) for modems
  5. 6. An application is a request for a job, assistance or admission to a school. Colleges might want you to submit your application by Dec. 1, but they won't let you know if you've been accepted until sometime in April.
  6. 8. broadband antenna”
  7. 9. When your computer-loving friend takes your photograph, you might be wise to ask, "Are you planning to put that on your blog?" A blog is a personal website or online journal.
  8. 10. A bug is an insect. You might refuse to go camping because of your intense dislike for bugs. Bug can also be a verb meaning "annoy." Most likely, bugs bug you.
  9. 12. A buffer is an object that either softens a blow like a fender, or helps buff or shine stuff, like a nail buffer.