Computer+Terminology

= Technology Terms =

**Byte -** a group of 8 bits
===**Cable - ** A cable is a long, rubber-coated bundle of wires, with plugs on either end, which connects computer parts. ===

**Cell -** The box formed at the intersection of a row and a column on a spreadsheet
===**Chat - ** Chat is a way people in different places can "talk" to each other by typing their words into a computer. ===

**Column -** The vertical divisions of a spreadsheet identified by a letter at the top.
===**CPU- **The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the chip which is the brains of the computer. It is also known as the processor. ===

=== **Digital camera-** A digital camera looks and behaves like a regular camera, except instead of using film, it stores the image it sees in memory as a file for later transfer to a computer. Many digital cameras offer additional storage besides their own internal memory. ===

**Disk -** a disk is a physical object used for storing data. It will not forget its data when it loses power. Some disks can be removed from their drives, some cannot
=== **Download- ** to download a file is to get it from someone else's computer, over a network, and save it on your own computer or floppy disk. ===

**Font -** a font can be thought of as the physical description of a character set. By altering the font from your tool bar, you can change the way numbers and letters look.
===**Gigabyte (GB) - ** A gigabyte is a unit of measure equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes, which is about __one billion bytes__. "Giga" means "billion." Measuring the number of gigabytes tells you how big your hard drive is, by counting billions of bytes. ===

**Keyboard-** A keyboard on a computer is almost identical to a keyboard on a typewriter.
===**Kilobyte (K) -** A kilobyte is a unit of measure equal to 1,024 bytes, which is about a thousand bytes. "Kilo" means "thousand." Measuring the number of kilobytes tells you how big a file, a hard drive or your memory capacity is, by counting thousands of bytes. === === **Laptop -** a laptop is any computer designed to do pretty much anything a desktop system can do but run for a short time (usually two to five hours) on batteries. They are designed to be carried around but are not particularly convenient to carry around. === ===**Megabyte (MB) - ** A megabyte is a unit of measure equal to 1,048,576 bytes, which is about a million bytes. "Mega" means "million." Measuring the number of megabytes tells you how big a file, a hard drive or your memory capacity is, by counting millions of bytes. ===

=== **PC -** The term personal computer properly refers to any desktop, laptop, or notebook computer system. Its use is inconsistent, though, and some use it to specifically refer to based systems running MS-Windows, OS/2. ===

=== **Tool Bar-** Most software provides a menu (tool bar) with various buttons that are your tools of operation. Tool bars generally have word processing capability, cut and paste, font and color palettes. ===

**User -**The operator of a computer.
=== **Video Conferencing -** A discussion between 2 or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other as if they were in the same room. The people in the meeting see each other by using cameras and video screens and hear each other using speakers and microphones. ===

=== **Word processor-** a program designed to help with the production of textual documents, like letters and memos. Some common word processors include MS-Word, OpenOffice Write, WordPerfect, and AppleWorks Write. ===