Term | Definition |
Applications | Computer programs with a user interface |
Boolean Search Logic | Combining words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR (otherwise known as Boolean operators) 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 video camera is 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 |
E-Mail | 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 |