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Technology terms
Technological terms
Term | Definition |
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.com | A website extension that identifies the site as a commercial site |
.edu | A website extension that identifies the site as an educational institution, usually a college or university |
.org | A website extension that identifies the site as a non-profit, non-governmental organization |
Benchmark | a translation of a standard into what the student should know and be able to do at developmentally appropriate levels (i.e., grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) |
Buffer | The buffer is a section of the computer where data is stored before being used. This buffering allows time for an application to fix differences in bit rates among other things. It creates a space of time for compensation. |
Byte | A unit of space. It is also used to represent a series of seven or eight ASCII code digits representing a character. |
C++ | A popular programming language |
Cache | A memory section of the hard drive that holds information while the CPU is working on it |
Cc | Carbon copy or Confidential Copy—send a copy of an email to another person |
CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory) | a storage media that is able to store up to 660MB of information (e.g., text, graphics, audio, and full-motion video) |
Chevron | Double arrows at end of tool bar that allow you to show buttons on two rows |
Clipboard | A windows program that saves information you copy, to be pasted into a program later |
Computer | a programmable machine designed to automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations |
Content Standard | a description of what students should know and be able to do within a particular discipline or content domain |
Curriculum Framework | serves as a bridge between standards and the classroom and provides curriculum content, organization, and presentation |
Cursor | visually distinct mark on a display indicating where newly typed text will be inserted. The cursor moves as text is typed and, in most modern editors, can be moved around within a document by the user to change the insertion point. |
Data | Anything that is recorded or used for processing. The stuff that transfers between computers needed a name -- data seemed good. |
Database | One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and query the data. |
Desktop Publishing | the use of a computer to produce documents for publication |
Dialog Box | A box that contains a message, often requesting more information or allowing you to select among options |
Digital | a series of small samples of data playing together very quickly (30,000 times a second). |
Dingbats | Picture fonts |
Domain | A group of computers whose hostnames share a common suffix, the "domain name". The last component of this is the top-level domain. |
Download | To save a file onto your computer from another source, like the Internet. People often download files, such as free-ware, share-ware, for installations, and sounds, movie clips, text files, or news streams onto their computer for viewing or listening. |
Drill down | Moving from a general level to a detailed level |
Drop down arrow | The black arrow next to a tool that provides selections within a tool |
Drop down Menu | A menu that has multiple commands that show when you select it |
E-Mail (Electronic Mail) | correspondence across a network by way of an on-line message-handling computer program |
Ethernet | a system for connecting a number of computer systems to form a LAN, with protocols to control the passing of information and to avoid simultaneous transmission by two or more systems |
Graphing Calculator | a hand-held calculator that, in addition to performing calculations and functional operations, can graph functions and relations |