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Tech Vocab Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GIF | GIF stands for (Graphics Interchange Format), and it is an animated picture. |
| JPEG | JPEG is a process of cutting and cropping pictures to save data. JPEG stands for Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| LAN | LAN is a type of digital netowrk. Imagine the internet as a huge highway, and LAN is like a driveway, meaning that information goes |
| Network | A system of two or more interconnected computing devices. |
| QR code | A code that you can scan, bringing you to a pre-determined website/application on phone/computer. |
| Netiquette | appropriate/acceptable usage of the internet |
| Boolean Logic | A code in computer science consisting of 0s and 1s to manipulate binary values. |
| Pictogram | A picture symbol for a word/phrase. Example: Slippery when wet sign with a man slipping and falling. |
| Piracy | Illegal downloading/sharing of a copyrighted app, movie, or video. |
| Probeware | specialized scientific hardware (sensors/probes) and software that interfaces with computers, tablets, or graphing calculators to collect, visualize, and analyze data in real time |
| Public Domain | Something on the internet that is available for public use. |
| Search Engine | What you use to search on the Internet. |
| Server | A powerful computer or software program that manages network resources and collects data. |
| Shareware | Copyrighted software that is on a 'try before you buy' basis. |
| Worm | A type of malware that independently self replicates and spreads to the infected computer and infects any other computers connected without needing a host program or human activation. |
| WYSIWYG | denoting the representation of text on screen in a form exactly corresponding to its appearance on a print out. |
| Averkey | A scan converter device developed by AVerMedia that allows a computers video signal (VGA) to be displayed on a standard television |
| Cold Boot | Starting a computer after it was completely powered off. |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| Listserv | Software program the automates the management of electronic mailing lists. |