basic computer terms and definitions
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| browser | A software program that lets you explore the World Wide Web to find text, graphics, sound, movies, games, chats and more.
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| cable | A a long, rubber-coated bundle of wires, with plugs on either end, that connects computer parts.
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| CD-ROM | A round, shiny portable disk that stores large amounts of software and information.
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| chat | A way people in different places can "talk" to each other by typing their words into a computer.
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| computer | An electronic machine that
1) takes in data and instructions (input)
2) works with the data (processing)
3) puts out information (output)
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| cursor | A blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character will go.
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| Stands for "electronic mail." It's a way of sending messages from one computer to another. You send a message to someone, with attachments such as photos or files, using a modem or network.
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| download | To get a file from someone else's computer, over a network, and save it on your own computer or floppy disk.
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| icon | A tiny picture on the screen that represents a program, file or folder.
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| Internet | Millions of computers around the world connected to each other.
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| URL | The address of a website on the World Wide Web.
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| World Wide Web (WWW) | The part of the Internet that consists of pages (documents) linked to each other around the world. These pages have pictures, sounds, and more.
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| scanner | A device that "takes a picture" of something and turns it into a computerized image.
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| network | A number of computers connected together to share information and hardware.
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| monitor | The TV-like part of the computer that you look at to see information.
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| peripheral | A hardware device that is connected to a computer, usually by a cable.
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| printer | A device for producing text and images on paper.
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| keyboard | A hardware device consisting of a number of buttons (keys) which the user presses to input characters to a computer.
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| mouse | The device used to move an on-screen pointer that's normally shaped like an arrow.
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| software | The programs that run on a computer.
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| hardware | The parts of a computer system that you can touch, like keyboards and mice, output devices like printers and monitors, storage devices like disk drives, and the computer itself.
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| hard drive | A round, metal platter in the computer; it stores large amounts of information.
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| blog | An online journal, the name stands for web log.
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| wiki | A website that anyone can edit.
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| RSS | A way to subscribe to feeds from blogs, news, audio and video posts.
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| bookmark | The process of saving a URL in your Web browser. Allows the user to return to a particular site or entry by making a record of it.
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| GIF | Graphical Interchange Format is a commonly used graphics file format for image files on the Internet.
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| home page | The main page of hypertext-based information for n individual or organization on the World Wide Web (WWW).
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| login | The process entering in information related to an account name and its password in order to access a computer.
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| netiquette | The unwritten "rules" of etiquette used on the Internet.
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| password | Secret code of letters and numbers needed to gain access to a computer or to protect Web pages.
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| search engine | A tool or program which allows keyword searching for relevant sites or information on the Internet.
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| upload | Transferring a file or files from the user's computer to a remote computer.
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| jpg | The most common format for storing and transmitting photographic images on the World Wide Web.
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