Term | Definition |
BPS | Abbreviation of bits per second, the standard measure of data transmission speeds. |
Browser | Short for Web browser, a browser is a software application used to locate, retrieve and display content on the World Wide Web, including Web pages, images, video and other files. |
GIF | A type of GIF image that can be animated by combining several images into a single GIF file. |
Gigabyte | 2 to the 30th power (1,073,741,824) bytes. One gigabyte is equal to 1,024 megabytes. Gigabyte is often abbreviated as G or GB. |
Hypertext | A special type of database system, invented by Ted Nelson in the 1960s, in which objects (text, pictures, music, programs, and so on) can be creatively linked to each other. |
JavaScript | A scripting language developed by Netscape to enable Web authors to design interactive
sites. |
JPEG | JPEG stands for the Joint Photographic Experts Group standard, a standard for storing and compressing digital images. |
Data Compression | Storing data in a format that requires less space than usual. |
Tethering | Tethering enables your cellular telephone or similar Internet-enabled mobile device to connect other devices such as netbooks, laptops or PDAs to the Internet. |
HDMI | Short for High-Definition Multimedia Interface, it is the first industry-supported uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface. |