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Internet2: Internet 2 is the testing grounds and is where most research is based. Consortuium of universities businesses, and the goverment working to create a higher performance successor to the internet.

Kiosk: A booth that provides a computer based service. A small stand containing a computer that people use to retrieve pictures and such.

Vaporware: Vaporware issomething that has been released but it has missed its anouncing dae of when it comes out.

MAC adress: Media access control adress. built in and unique permanent number identifying a network device.

Dual Core: 2 cores on one processor. different instructions givin to the computer.

Vhost: Virtual host. place where you are going to host a website. Provides the domain name places to share your files, and the content managers. 

Motherboard: The mother board is the main circuit board thats inside the computer it is what really controls the computer and the whole computer runs through it.

Meebo: Instant messaging Program basiclly combines your accounts into one for simplicity and efficiently sake. Google talk, facebook, and twitter and others

OEM: Stands for Origional Equipment Manager, for a company that will produce hardware under the name
of the brand.

Open Source Software: Software that has its source code published so other people can add their contributions. tons of developed software.

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Encryption: Act of converting information into a code or cipherso that people are unable to reade it. Secret key or code needed to decode information confidential data is often encrypted wireless networks.

QWERTY: Comes from the top left 6 keys. Goes back all the way to the typewriter also when you have a slider phone or smart phone you will see associated termology.

Flash: If you see a flash on the internet it usually means Adobe Flash player which plays video.

Tether: A cellular mobile device that you can use to go onto the internet while using 2g, 3g, or 4g network.

Fragmentation: a problem in which computer memory is used insufficiently.

Frame: Where pages are broken up into different areas each area consists of an independent web page.

HDD: A non valatile random access device for digital data.

Hibernate: A combination of low power and sleep mode saves current page on hard drive then when turned on it doesnt go through the long boot sequence.

Hit: Something found by searching someone else navigating to a web page and viewing it

Hotspot: Exact spot of a pointer that must touch an object in order for the link to be enabled. A place where the pointer can be placed to call up further information.

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Android: Android is a type of system that some phone companies use in their smartphones. Most Android built phones come with many add-ons and applications for the user to use to make life simpler or more effective.It is a google based program that is for most all smart phones.

Ubuntu: Linux based operating system and is free to use and distribute. Comes with many different applications for email, web, and word processing. It has great support so many people use it and believe in it. Really his its peak over the ast couple of years.

Netbook: Basiclly a down sized laptop that is always a smaller size so it is more portable and convenient. It is smaller so it also has less features. Operating system, processor, storage, optical drive, keyboard, and more.

Web 2.0:  It is the new version of the World Wide Web and was introduced to the public in 2004. It allows the user to do many things that they werent able to before Web 2.0. It focuses on people being able to collaborate and share information online. Everythingon the web now a days is all interadctive where you can change things and post things like on Facebook.

SSl: SSL is used for securing Internet protocol and it also encrypts the data that is being switched. It blocks any outsiders from reading it and hacking into it. It is used for a sucure connection between you and your server in your computer.

Phishing: Phishing is something that scanners or people that try to hack your omputer try to do to get more data about you. Sending out an email saying that they are someone else or some other company.

Cookie: A cookie transmits information to different websites that you may want it to be on. It will send you information from other sites to. A mesasge sent to the internet explorer from a web server. These messages are stored and request updated messages from servers. It purpose identifies you and will locate your stored information.

CAD: Computer-Aided Design is used for making all sorts of things like videos and movies even commersials. It allows you to make movies or even just pictures with three demensional actions. It is a combination of hardware and software. Used to have specialized computers built for design. Now just attain software and away you go. their are many differnent types and kinds or CAD and all have different versions for the user.

Coaxial: Copper wire with insulation and a ground mesh. Still used a great deal for cable or antenna TV. Carries a solid amount of data without as much interference. If you have an antenna TV you are most likely using a Coaxial wire.

Debug: Find and remove errors in a program, It guides the programmer to fix their mistakes in a line of code. It is especially used in programming.

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Domain: It is a grouping of computers that are allowed to be accessed from a certain set of rules.

Web Host: If you ever wanted to make your own website you would need a web host because a web host stores all the information that is saved on the pages of your website. Most are shared hosts. Multiple web sites hosted from one computer.

WEP: WEP stands for Wired Equivalent Privacy, its main focus is to make the computer as secure and the most connectable. Its the main security for WIFI services. Encrypts your data so even if its intercepted it will be unrecognizable.

VGA: VGA stands for Video Graphics Array. If any monitor is VGA approved it will be able to work with that computer. Origionally develpoed in 1987 allowed for display resolution of 640*480

Tutorial: Tutorials help people learn new skills right from the computer usuing a step by step system telling them what to do. Help people learn new skills by using a step by step process that enslaves the user is following along and comprehending the material.

Sector: On a hard disk there are little secotrs that go around the disk. The more towards the outside of the disk the more sectors there are. Files can take up thousands of sectors. When coruppted many times unreadable.

3G/4G Network: 3G is the third generation of cell phones. 4G is the fourth generation its much faster and it is still being developed.

Partition: A sector of a hard drive when you format a hard disk, you can usually choose the number of partitions. Computer will recognize each partition as a seperate disk. Its benefits are that multiple operating systems and it can improve efficiency and doesnt waste as much space.

Optical Drive: Lasers which read data on optical discs discs are made up of small bumps and dips. Lasers read and compute the data. Common optical drives are CD DVD. Its benefits are relatively common and inexpensive and its also removable.

Node: any System or device connected to a network is a node. network connects a file server, five computers, and two printers. Thats a total of 8 nodes.

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1. Active-Matrix: Formally used in laptops and thin computers. Little diodes make up the image that appears onto the screen. A current passes through the little diodes and then they will light up in differnet colors to make up the image. Birghter and more contrasted displays and will take less power.

2. Boolean: Boolean helps the computer find out if something is true or false. Software users usually use Boolean to help control the computer. Their are four main boolean operators AND, NOT, OR and XOR

3. Cluster: A cluster has two deffinitions it can either mean a group of sectors on a disk or a group of connected computers. A cluster can be used to find and order files on a computer. Each Cluster has a unique ID which enables thehard drive to locate all the clusters on the disk. Disk defragment helps to reign back in the lost.

4. Database: A database is on a computer and it organizes information that is on the computer. Each table has differnent strategies to certain things. Typically made up of mny linked tables or rows and columns. Used for storig information about products.

5. Fiber-Optic Cable: Fiber-Optic Cables are thin pieces of glass or other materials that can bend the light. They are very thin, one end sends the light to the other end where the computer than reads it like a message.

6. Cat 5: If you are on a netowork you are using Cat5 most likely.

7. HDMI: It is a digital interface that helps send videos and movies and music to your computer. HDMI cables are more expensive than other cables because they cost alot more to maufacture.

8. ISDN: ISDN is a data transfer system, it can transfer data alot quicker than dial up but it is slower than the newer DSL moduales.

9.Jumper: It is a small chip that acts kind of like an on off switch. It tells the computer how something on it works. A jumper can be used easily on your computer.

10.Cloud: Cloud is all the services offered over the internet. They are most likely from differnent countries or states.