Computer vocabulary: 70 basic Computer terms you must know
Posted on : 16-11-2018 Posted by : Admin

High-resolution color display for laptop computers

Computer programs designed to directly deal with solving the user’s problems. Examples would include programs for accounting, word processing, financial analysis, computer games, etc.

A measurement of the speed at which data are transmitted between two computers, the number of signal per second being transmitted.

Another term for display screen.

Abbreviation for Compact Disk-Read Only Memory. It is a small disk device capable of storing extremely large amounts of data, but which cannot be erased and reused for storing other data (the reason it is referred to as “read only”).

A single digit, letter of the alphabet, or other symbol. Usually represented inside a computer by one byte.

Common term for very small silicon wafers upon which electronic circuits have been created for use in computers. Used for microprocessors, electronic memory, and other internal computer electronic components.

Computer program containing the instructions that allow a computer to send data to and receive data from another computer.

The symbols, writing, words, or other items used to represent facts, objects, events, or ideas. Accounting records and yield measurements are two examples of data.

General-purpose computer program that allows data to be stored, manipulated, organized, and retrieved in some logical manner. Sometimes referred to as an “electronic filing program.”

 A 3 1/2-inch or 5 1/4-inch floppy disk.

Printer that forms characters by selectively coloring or inking dots in a grid or matrix of dots. Characters thus printed often appear to consist of rows of dots.

A general purpose computer program that operates like a large columnar pad of paper in the computer’s memory, which can do calculations on data typed onto the sheet. Allows data and formulas to be typed in, edited, calculated, and printed out. Often used for budgeting and forecasting, as a “what if” planning tool.

The act or result of putting data into a computer.

A type of network interface card that connects an individual computer to a network. Computers on the Internet that use the TCP/IP protocols are frequently connected to the Internet over an Ethernet link.

A computer program for making a recommendation, which tailors its recommendation to the user’s situation by following a variable path of reasoning dependent upon data given it by the user. One example would be a program to recommend grain marketing strategies based on the user’s risk and profit goals, availability of storage, proximity to markets, etc.

A device to connect computer to telephone line to send data FAX messages.

A collection of related data existing upon a computer storage device.

The physical parts of a computer.

The result of processing, manipulating, and organizing data in a way that adds to the knowledge of the person receiving it.

The data put into a computer.

A low-cost, near laser quality printer that uses liquid ink.

Typewriter-like computer input device.

 A unit for measuring computer memory and storage capacity, roughly equal to 1,000 characters or bytes of data. Technically, one K is 1,024 bytes.

 A fast, high-quality printer.

Abbreviation for Liquid Crystal Display. A technology popular in watches and calculators for displaying information, which also may be used for computer display screens—especially in portable computers.

Abbreviation for Local area network

One million bytes, or 1,000 kilobytes.

Operating system program popular among users of the IBM-PC and compatible computers.

 A program or collection of programs that coordinates and controls the various devices making up a computer system.

Electronic memory circuits in a computer that may be both read from and written to, and which lose the data they contain whenever electricity is turned off to the computer. Sometimes referred to as volatile memory.