Technical Terms List 2

Question 1

Intellectual Property

Answer 1

a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark, etc.

Question 2

Intranet

Answer 2

An intranet is a private network contained within an enterprise that is used to securely share company information and computing resources among employees.

Question 3

Keywords

Answer 3

a word that acts as the key to a cipher or code.

Question 4

Kilohertz

Answer 4

a measure of frequency equivalent to 1,000 cycles per second.

Question 5

LAN

Answer 5

local area network is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a residence, school, laboratory, university campus or office building.

Question 6

Login

Answer 6

an act of logging in to a computer, database, or system.

Question 6

Megahertz

Answer 6

a unit multiplier that represents one million hertz (106 Hz).

Question 7

Megapixel

Answer 7

a unit of graphic resolution equivalent to one million or (strictly) 1,048,576 (220) pixels.

Question 8

Multimedia

Answer 8

the use of a variety of artistic or communicative media.

Question 9

Network

Answer 9

an arrangement of intersecting horizontal and vertical lines.

Question 10

Offline

Answer 10

not by means of the internet or other computer network.

Question 11

Online

Answer 11

by means of the internet or other computer network.

Question 12

Pixel

Answer 12

a minute area of illumination on a display screen, one of many from which an image is composed.

Question 13

Podcast

Answer 13

a digital audio file made available on the internet for downloading to a computer or mobile device, typically available as a series, new installments of which can be received by subscribers automatically.