Computer Dictionary Assignment
Dictionary assignment
By:
Victoria walker
Chapter 2, 3, 5, and 11
5/30/2013
Address bar: the area on a web-browser screen in internet explorer where a user key a website address or URL
ADSL: a type of high speed digital access using standard copper telephone lines
Analog modem:a connection device that converts digital data on a travel on the internet along telephone lines Anti-virus software: computer program designed to detect and disarm or remove computer viruses that attempt to disrupt or even destroy files and other program
Armored virus: a type of virus designed to protect its self from anti-virus programs by using tricks to make detection and elimination more difficult
ARPEET: an early version of the internet, by the advanced researched program agency of the U.S department of defense that linked together mainframe computers to form a communication network, it was decommissioned in 1990
Backbone: a structure that handles the major traffic in a nwtwork system, similar to a high way
Back up: copying of a program or file to other location for safe keeping, to be used if program or file are damaged or lost
Bio: a computer program that includes instructions allowing a CPU to interface with other hardware devices before the operating system is loaded; it is hard-coded onto a chip on the motherboard at the time of manufacture; acronym for basic input or output
Biometric:
Biometric authentication: a method of determining the isentity of a person using biological
Biometric identification: a measurable of the biological characteristics of an individual.
Bits: a small unit of data a computer can use; with the value of 0 or 1;short for binary digits blogs: types of websites on which authors post entries in journal format
Bus: a set of conductor wires that transport data among components inside the computer through an electric path
Boot sector: the area on a computer disk or hard drive containing the
By:
Victoria walker
Chapter 2, 3, 5, and 11
5/30/2013
Address bar: the area on a web-browser screen in internet explorer where a user key a website address or URL
ADSL: a type of high speed digital access using standard copper telephone lines
Analog modem:a connection device that converts digital data on a travel on the internet along telephone lines Anti-virus software: computer program designed to detect and disarm or remove computer viruses that attempt to disrupt or even destroy files and other program
Armored virus: a type of virus designed to protect its self from anti-virus programs by using tricks to make detection and elimination more difficult
ARPEET: an early version of the internet, by the advanced researched program agency of the U.S department of defense that linked together mainframe computers to form a communication network, it was decommissioned in 1990
Backbone: a structure that handles the major traffic in a nwtwork system, similar to a high way
Back up: copying of a program or file to other location for safe keeping, to be used if program or file are damaged or lost
Bio: a computer program that includes instructions allowing a CPU to interface with other hardware devices before the operating system is loaded; it is hard-coded onto a chip on the motherboard at the time of manufacture; acronym for basic input or output
Biometric:
Biometric authentication: a method of determining the isentity of a person using biological
Biometric identification: a measurable of the biological characteristics of an individual.
Bits: a small unit of data a computer can use; with the value of 0 or 1;short for binary digits blogs: types of websites on which authors post entries in journal format
Bus: a set of conductor wires that transport data among components inside the computer through an electric path
Boot sector: the area on a computer disk or hard drive containing the