Jargon Buster

This page gives you a breakdown of some of the terminology used in computing.

Bandwidth
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BIOS
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Broadband
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Desktop
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Directory
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Download
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Driver
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Ethernet
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Firewall
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Gigabyte
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Graphics Card / GPU
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Hard Drive / Hard Disk
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Hardware
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Homepage
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Icon
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Internet
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Intranet
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IP Address
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ISP
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LAN
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Left Mouse Click
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Megabyte
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Memory / RAM
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Memory Stick / Flash Memory
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Modem
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Motherboard / Mainboard
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MP3
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Network
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Operating System
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P2P / Peer to Peer
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PCI
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PCMCIA
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Phishing
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POP / POP3
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Power Supply / PSU
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Processor / CPU
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Right Mouse Click
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Router / Wireless Router
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Search Engine
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Server
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SMTP
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Software
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SPAM
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Spyware
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Start Menu
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Taskbar
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Terabyte
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URL
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USB / USB2
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Virtual Memory
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Virus
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VOIP / Voice Over IP
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WAN / Wide Area Network
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Web Browser
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Webmail / Internet mail
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Wireless / Wi-Fi
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