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STEM Unit 2
Term | Definition |
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Applications | Computer programs with a user interface |
Boolean Search Logic | Combining words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR to limit, widen, or define your internet search |
Browser | A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the internet and other networks |
Communication | The imparting or exchanging of information or news |
CPU | Central Processing Unit; the key component of a computer system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions |
Digital Camera | Camera that records and stores digital images |
Digital Video Camera | A camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well |
Download | To copy data from one computer system to another or to a disk |
To communicate electronically on the computer | |
Hardware | The machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system |
HTML | Hypertext Markup Language; a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages |
Hyperlink | A link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file; typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen |
Internet | An international computer network providing e-mail and information from computers in educational institutions, government agencies, and industry, accessible to the general public via modem links |
Science | The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment |
Software | The programs and other operating information used by a computer |
Surf | To browse the internet, look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular |
Technology | The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes |
URL | Uniform Resource Locator; a location or address identifying where documents can be found on the internet; a Web address |
Virus | A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data |
WWW | World Wide Web; a system of interlinked hypertext documents contained on the internet |