Question | Answer |
avatar | refers to a character that represents an online user |
cookie | is a small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser |
downloading | process in which data is sent to your computer |
flaming | the act of posting or sending offensive messages over the Internet |
search engines | Google, Excite, Lycos, AltaVista, Infoseek, and Yahoo |
firewall | allows authorized traffic from the Internet to flow in and out of the network |
address bar | a text field near the top of a Web browser window that displays the URL of the current webpage. |
social networking | allow users to be part of a virtual community |
phishing | con game that scammers use to collect personal information from unsuspecting users |
data streaming | multimedia file can be played back without being completely downloaded first. |
web site | collection of web pages |
motherboard | main circuit board of your computer |
output device | Any device that outputs information from a computer |
router | allowing only authorized machines to connect to other computer systems |
malware | refers to software programs designed to damage or do other unwanted actions on a computer system |
artificial intelligence | the ability for a computer to act like a human |
ergonomics | used to create comfortable workstations for employees |
gigahertz | equal to 1,000 megahertz,commonly used to measure computer processing speeds |
bit | a single digit number in base-2 (a zero or a one) and is the smallest unit of computer data. |
byte | a unit of measurement used to measure data |
gigabyte | 2 to the 30th power, or 1,073,741,824 bytes |
megabyte | 2 to the 20th power, or 1,048,576 bytes |
terabyte | 2 to the 40th power, or 1,099,511,627,776 bytes |
virtual reality | best described as an illusion of reality created by a computer system |
control panel | a feature of the Windows operating system that allows the user to modify system settings and controls |