technology terms Flashcards
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Ultra HD
Adware
Free software that is supported by advertisements
Bytes
Used to measure computer memory or storage
Clock Speed
The rate at which a processor can complete a processing cycle
Cloud Computing
Using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage, and process data
Hard Drive
stores all your data
HTML “Hyper-Text Markup Language”
The language that Web pages are written in
Java
High-level programming language
LED “Light Emitting Diode”
Most common backlighting for HDTV’s and electronic devices
Malware “malicious software”
Programs designed to damage or do other unwanted actions on a computer system
Motherboard
The main circuit board of your computer.
Optical Drive
Disk drive that uses laser light to read or write data to or from optical discs (CD, DVD, Blu-Ray)
Power Supply
A hardware component that supplies power to an electrical device
Processor
Small chip (brain) that resides in computer’s CPU and other electronic devices
RAM “Random Access Memory”
Storage made up of small memory chips
URL “Uniform Resource Locator”
It’s the Web Address
Virus
Small programs or scripts that can negatively affect the health of your computer
