| Question | Answer |
| Add-On | Refers to a browser extension they are basically like a small program or feature addition to certain Browsers like Firefox or Opera you can get anything from Weather Updates to Extra Security, Internet Explorer also support extensions although they call them Browser Help Objects an example is the Adobe Acrobat Reader which allows PDF Files to be read in the browser window instead of having to download them.
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Address | In computer terms this is generally referring to your email address or a web page address. Application Software | Apps | is a program e.g. Microsoft Office, Internet Explorer, Outlook Express etc.
| Attachment | Is a computer file like an Image, Video or Document which can be included in an Email.
| Animation | A simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames. All of these pictures put together can make a computer animated gif, which will be a moving picture. You can also animate writing, banners, and even entire websites.
| Antivirus Software | Is a type of Software Application used to identify and remove computer viruses, as well as other types of harmful files or software known as Malware.
| Autorun | Usually referring to removable media (Cd’s and flash drives) is when the computer will ask you what you want to do when the computer detects these devices. For example if you insert a music CD it can be set to play when you insert it into the disc drive.
| Background | When speaking of a desktop, its the same as your wallpaper but in any other instance it is an image, or set of images creating the area behind other things, so that you are not looking at a black screen all the time, it gives the screen more depth.
| Backup | are making a copy or copies of original data so it can be restored in case of data loss in case of a HDD failing or if files are damaged or corrupt.
| Bios | You can access this when you start-up a computer. It will say on the screen “To enter setup press …..key”. It lets you change whether the CD-ROM or hard drive boots first. There are also settings to overclock some computer systems.
| Bookmark | Saves the location of a webpage as a link, which can be catalogued and accessed easily at a later date. You can save bookmarks in your internet browser or on a webpage that stores bookmarks for you. In Internet Explorer bookmarks are called Favourites.
| Boot | This is what an electronic device does when it first starts, it goes through a few steps before it allows you to use it.
| Browser | Is a program which lets you access the internet in a comfortable way.
| Browsing History | Is a log of your visited websites in your Internet Browser, when you visit a website it is logged in your history.
| Bug | An error or glitch in programming and/or the code that makes it up.
| Case Sensitive | A term used to describe if it is of importance to use upper or lower case letters. Passwords can be case sensitive.
| CD-ROM | A one time use CD, meaning that once its burned at the factory it can never be edited again.
| CD-RW | A type of compact disk which can be erased and rewritten many times rather then the standard 1 use, must cannot be burned more than once using a normal cd-r drive.
| Control Panel | Part of an Operating System which allows the user to change the settings of a Operating System like adding new accounts, setting time limits on when the computer shuts down, adding and removing software etc.
| Copy | This is a command normally done by selecting a body of text or image and then pressing the right click button and selecting the option “Copy” which allows the user to copy the text or image to another document.
| Cookie | A text information message that is stored on your computer when you visit a web page. When you return to the page the cookie is used to recognize you.
| Cursor | Your mouse pointer, looks normally like a small arrow, but can be an hourglass, a hand or anything else imaginable. When it turns into a flashing line, ready to write text, then this is a cursor.
| Database | Is a structured collection of data that is stored on a computer or server, the most used model of database is a relational database.
| Desktop | It is everything you see when you start your computer except the taskbar. Has the icons on it that are shortcuts to programs and folders.
| Edit | Is the modification of data like text, pictures, music or videos.
| Encryption | A security mechanism that uses a password usually to ‘scramble’ the data in such a way that only the original password can decrypt it Executable file.
| Firewall | On the newer computers, Windows has added a basic version of this. They are programs intended to protect ones computer from nasty things invading it while surfing/wandering through the internet, while running silently in the background.
| File | On a computer is either a document created by a program or it can be system files which make up an Operating System.
| Folder | On a computer is used to store groups of files and other folders in an organized fashion, folders can be created by the user to make files easier to find similar to an alphabetized filing system in a cabinet or telephone directory.
| Floppy Disks | A form of old data storage, with the latest version being the 3.5’’ could hold anything up to 240MB but the most commonly used was the 1.44MB version.
| Gamer | refers to someone who plays video games either on a computer or console it could also include board games as well.
| Google | The number one search engine on the planet.
| Graphics | Usually anything that is displayed by the computer is known as a graphic display (graph because it uses a pixel graph to place colors)
| Hardware | The basic parts that make up your computer.
| Home Page | Is a webpage or website which is set to load when a browser is opened or the home button is pressed in the browser.
| Hyperlink | Is a direct link to a website or webpage reference normally used when quoting something, to back up an argument or just to share a website with someone.
| Images | Are photographs of a person/s, object/s or a landscape and are generally 2 dimensional images but can also be 3 dimensional as well.
| Icon | A small graphic symbol for an application, file or folder. There are icons that you can use to open applications on your desktop. There are also icons in your taskbar, control panel, and more. |
