ASCII

American Standard Code for Information Interchange, seven bit character representation

Bit

binary digit (0 or 1)

Byte

a group of 8 bits

Cold Boot

a boot from power off

Communication

the transmission of data from one computer to another, or from one device to another

Computer

a computer is something that takes input, processes it, and provides output

Data

the raw material to be processed by the computer into information

Documentation

manuals which contain instructions, rules, or guidelines to follow when you use hardware or software

HTML

hyper text markup language... what every webpage is made of

Information

processed data

Input Hardware

the hardware (components) that allows information to be entered into the computer (keyboard, mouse, scanner, etc.)

Kilobyte

1024 bytes

Network

a group of two or more computer systems linked together

Operating System

software designed to control the hardware of a specific data-processing system in order to allow users and application programs to make use of it

Output Hardware

the hardware that allows information to be displayed from the computer (screen, speakers, printer, etc.)

Procedure

procedures are descriptions of how things are done, steps for accomplishing a result

Protocol

the protocol defines a common set of rules and signals that computers on the network use to communicate

Software

set of procedures, sets of data, and programs and the order of use by which a computer is required to define and control the operation of any computer system or computer subsystem

Topology

the geometric arrangement of a computer system

Warm Boot

the act or process of restarting a computer without turning off the power

WYSIWYG

"what you see is what you get" - user friendly website editor in which no html knowledge is needed by the user (geocities, tripod, angelfire, etc.)

updated 17 january 2004

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