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application a computer program or piece of software
avatar movable three-dimensional image used to represent somebody in cyberspace
backup a copy of computer data that is stored, e.g. a copy stored on a floppy disk
beta During this stage, the software is tested for bugs, crashes, errors, inconsistencies, and any other problems.
blog a Web site containing the writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions,
browser software used to search for information on the World Wide Web
byte A byte is a set of 8 bits that represent a single character in the computer's memory.
bit the smallest unit of computer data.
RAM Stands for "Random Access Memory," load programs
hard drive hard drive is what stores all your data.
flash drive a small data storage device that uses flash memory and has a built-in USB connection.
megabyte A megabyte is 1,000,000 kilobytes and precedes the gigabyte unit of measurement
kilobyte A kilobyte is technically 1,024 bytes because it is measured by 2^10, which equals 1,000
gigabyte A gigabyte is 2 to the 30th power, or 1,000,000,000 bytes
processor computations such as adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. In PCs, how fast it can go
megahertz MHz is used to measure wave frequencies, 1 hertz=1 cycle per second, 1,000,000 hertz
gigahertz GHz became the standard measurement unit. 1,000,000,000
hertz Hertz (abbreviated: Hz) is the standard unit of measurement used for measuring frequency.
clock speed Clock speed is the rate at which a processor can complete a processing cycle
Terabytes 1,000,000,000,000 bytes
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