1) Terminology Module Flashcards
What does a Sim stand for? (1)
Subscriber Indentity Module
What does the Wi-Fi stand for? (1)
Wireless Fidelity
What is a database (1)
A collection of organized information
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Apple (3)
- The Apple Corporation
- makes only successful mass-market personal computer
- not using Microsoft Windows
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App (6)
- Application
- A software used to carry out a particular task
- e.g. office programs, games (particularly on smartphones), ect.
- usually downloaded to devices using online store
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Applet
- A small program used to carry out particular task
- They’re usually on web pages
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Attachment
- A fil sent by an email attached to the email
- It can be picture, document, program or any file
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Back up
- An extra copy of your work (e.g. document, pictures, ect.)
- It’s saved on removable storage mediums
- e.g. CD, DVD or magnetic tape
- So that you don’t lose your work if your computer gets stolen or broken
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Bandwith
- The amount of data that can be transmitted in a fix amount of time
- On a mobile, it’s usually bytes/bits per second (bps)
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Bluetooth
- Short range wireless data communication system
- for smartphones + other computers devices
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Broadband
- A internet access over a connection
- It’s much faster than ordinary modems
- e.g. ADSL or cable
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The Cloud
- Remote storage via the internet
- sometimes it’s just the internet in general
- it’s called the cloud because we don’t physically know where it’s located
- it’s just out there somewhere
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Cookie
- a small data file stored on a computer by a website
- in theory, you allow it to remember your preferences
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Download
To transfer information (files) from a network (e.g. internet) onto a PC
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Flash drive
- a removeable data storage device
- it’s usually thumb size
- it plugs into a PC’s USB port
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- started as a search engine
- rapidly became so much better
- “to google” was/is widely use to mean “look something up”
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Hotspot
A location where a computer can connect to a wireless network
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Mac; Macintosh
The Apple corporation’s alternative to the PC
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Microsoft
- It’s by far the lagest software provider for PC
- Has widely used programs
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MP3
- A popular standard for compressing audio
- particularly music files
- It compresses music down to a reasonable size
- There is little to no perceptible loss of quality
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Plug n’ Play
- A system Window uses
- it automatically detects new hardware pluged into the PC
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Sim
- It’s chip is the size of a thumbnail
- It contains tge number + network system of a mobile phone
- sometimes contains other data as well
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Smartphones
-A computer in a cellphone
- It’s also a phone, typically it will include:
• stills and movie camera
• music player
• enough computic power to run sophisticated programs like
~ office software
~ games
•satellite navigation
• gigabytes of storage
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Standalone
A computer than isn’t connected to any kind of network
