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| Definition | Term |
|---|---|
| of or having to do with cell phones and their technology | Cellular |
| allows heat, electricity, or sound to pass through | Conducts |
| a person or company that creates computer software | Developer |
| a person who is specially trained to design and build machines, large structures, or computer software and hardware | Engineer |
| a system of satellites and devices that people use to find out where they are or to get directions to a place; | GPS |
| computer equipment | Hardware |
| The points at which two different things meet; for example, a keyboard is an interface between a computer and a user | Interfaces |
| programs allowing a student to learn a skill or job by working with an expert in his or her chosen field | Internships |
| readily learned or understood | Intuitive |
| models of a machine or program that are used to study, test, or show its features | Mock-ups |
| doing two or more things at the same time | Multitasking |
| groups of connected computers or communications equipment | Networks |
| Software in computers or other devices that support all the programs that run on them | Operating Systems |
| make as good or effective as possible | Optimize |
| shapes with three or more sides; triangles, squares | Polygons |
| the coded languages in which instructions for a machine are written | Programming languages |
| the first version of an invention that tests an idea to see if it will work | Prototype |
| computer programs that control the workings of the equipment, or hardware, and direct it to do specific task | Software |
| a small stick used like a pen to input data to some devices | Stylus |
| )and widely spread | Viral |