Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Vocabulary - Technology Terms (Part 1)

There's a great website that I found (http://www.tekmom.com/buzzwords/) that has important technology words that everyone should know. This blog post & the next two will focus on these words.

Take a look at the first set (shown below). Which 2 or 3 words don't you know (or don't you know that well)? Click on each of those words to see a definition. Then, come back to this blog and report the words you looked up and each one's definition.

backup
binary
bit
browser
byte
cable
CD-ROM
cell
chat
chip (integr. circuit)
computer
CPU
cursor
database
disk drive

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Binary:"Two," or "base two".The binary system is a way of counting using just the two numbers 0 and 1.

Peripheral: A hardware that is connected to a computer, usually by a cable.

Sheila W.

Anonymous said...

Chip - is a tiny piece of silicon with electronic circuits, the chip is the most important part of the computer.

CPU - (Central Processing Unit) is the chip which is the brains of the computer it is also known as the processor.

Allison.

Anonymous said...

cell:a room in a prison or a police station for locking up people.
chat:to talk in a friendly and informal way.
bit:a small piece or amout of somthing.tiffanyf

Anonymous said...

Binary-two or base two. The binary system is a way of counting using just the two numbers 0 and 1.

Bit- a bit ia anelectronic signal which is either oon(1) or off(0).It is the smallest unit of information the computer uses.

Gm