computer

A software application used to display web pages, access web resources, and search the web

a text file that is sometimes saved to your computer when you visit a web site, identifying you as a return visitor when you revisit the site later

• conducting online business through advertising, selling, and buying products
• Business to consumer
• consumer to consumer
• business to business

used for uploading, storing, and downloading sharable files over the internet

a text or graphical element that, when clicked, displays another area of the same web page or displays another web page or resource

widely used authoring language to create web pages; defines structure and formatting throughout with HTML tags

a set of rules that dictates how web pages are formatted

A global info network comprised of millions of interconnected computers to disseminate info and communicate with other people around the world

a company that provides access to the internet

the act of sending fraudulent email in an attempt to collect personal info by pretending to be a legitimate enterprise

A set of rules that govern date formats and transmission

the specific address of a world wide wed file

a single document formatted to be used on the web, typically consisting of text, graphic, animation, and/or sound

a computer that contains web pages, has server software installed, and is connected to the internet

a subset of the internet that supports point and click navigation to info and resources

Dial up, Cable, satellite, and DSL

• Printer - Impact (Dot Matrix), Non Impact (Inkjet, Photo, Laser)
• Monitor - CRT, LCD

Keyboard, mouse, digital camera, scanner, microphone

• Magnetic Disk (Floppy, Hard)
• Optical (CD, DVD)
• Tape
• Flash memory card, USB

• used by the computer system to control the operations of computer equipment
• -operating system
• -utility programs
• -device driver

• Used by the user to tell the computer how to produce info
• -Word
• -Excel
• -Access
• -Powerpoint

• LAN (Local Area Network)
• WAN (Wide Area Network)

• Net Zero, PeoplePC
• AOL, MSN

Random Access Memory - computer memory that stores all open programs, contents are only maintained as long as there is a constant supply electricity

Read Only Memory - computer memory that cannot be changed. Stores critical programs such as those necessary to boot the computer

identifies and isolates computer viruses

removes spyware from computer

acts as a barrier between your computer and the internet, prohibiting unauthorized internet travel to or from the computer

connection on a computer that enables peripheral devices, such as printers, network adapters, scanners, and digital cameras to connect

device that enables two networks to communicate

device that rebroadcasts communication to equipment on a network

native format understood by computers, in which only two digits are used - zero and one

either a one or a zero. it is a binary digit that represents the on or off state of a computer circuit

a collection fo 8 bits. a byte represents a character on the keyboard

• American Standard Code for Information Interchange
• -a code for representing keyboard characters as numbers

character coding format that represents global characters from all languages

hard copy is printed out, soft copy is displayed on a computer monitor

the sharpness of a displayed image, determined by the number of pixels

a windows feature the facilitates the installation of new hardware so that you simply plug it in and being to use it

Shareware - software developed and distributed to online consumers for a limited time (trial version)

Freeware - copyrighted software that you can use as you like