Glossary
A
Address
AI
Analogue signal
Applet
Artificial intelligence
ASCII
ASP
Asynchronous communication
Attachment
Audio-conferencing
Authoring system
B
Backbone
Backup
Bandwidth
Bar code
Baud rate
Binary
Biometrics
BIOS
Bit
Bookmark
Boot
BPS
Broadband
Browser
Bulletin board
Button
Byte
C
Cache
CD
CD-R
CD-RW
CGI
Client
Client - server
Command prompt
Compact disc
Compression
Computer conferencing
Computer network
Computer program
Cookie
D
Database
Defragmentation
Desktop publishing
Dialup Internet connection
Digital broadcasting
Digital camera
Digital signal
Digital watermarking
Digitiser
Diskette
Docking station
Domain name
DOS
Download - upload
DPI
Drag and drop
DTP
DVD
E
ECDL
ecommerce
E-learning
Electronic book
Electronic campus
Email
Enter key
Ethernet
Expansion cards
F
FAQ
FAT
File Transfer Protocol
Filter
Firewall
Floppy disk
Font
Function keys
Functional area
G
Games paddle
Gateway
GIF
Gigabyte
Gopher
Graphical user interface
Graphics Interchange Format
Grey
Groupware
GUI
H
Hacker
Hard disk
Hardware
HCI
Hit
Home page
Hot spot
HTML
HTTP
Human-computer Interaction
Hyperlink
Hypermedia
Hypertext
Hypertext Mark-up Language
Hypertext Transfer Protocol
I
Icon
ICT
ILT
Information Superhighway
Information Technology
Internet
Intranet
ISDN
ISP
IT
J
Java
JavaScript
JPEG
K
Kilobyte
L
LAN
Leased line
Linux
Local area network
Logon
M
Macintosh
Megabyte
Menu-driven program
Microcomputer
MIDI
MIME
Modem
Motherboard
MP3
MPEG
Multimedia
N
NC
Netiquette
NetPC
Netscape
Network
Network computer
Newsgroup
Node
Notebook computer
O
Object oriented design
OCR
On-line
On-line enquiry
Online - Offline
Operating system
Optical character recognition
P
Packet
Page
Parallel interface
Password
PC
Personal computer
Pixel
Plug N Play
Plug-in
POP
Port
Post
Program
Programming language
Protected field
Protocol
PSTN
R
RAM
Random access memory
Read only memory
Real time
RealAudio
RealVideo
Refresh rate
Resolution
Return key
ROM
Router
S
Satellite broadcasting
Scandisk
Scanner
Screen scraper
SCSI
Search Engine
Serial interface
Server
SGML
Simulation
SMTP
SNMP
Speech synthesis
Spreadsheet
SQL
Streaming
Superhighway
SVGA
T
TCP/IP
Teleconferencing
Telematics
Telnet
Terabyte
Terminal
Terminal network
Touch Sensitive Screen
U
UNIX
URL
User interface
UUEncode
V
V.90
VGA
Video conferencing
Videodisc
Virtual campus
Virtual reality
Virtual university
Visual Basic
Voice input
Voice recognition
Voicemail
VRML
W
WAN
Web
Web browser
Wide area network
Window
Windows
Word processing
Workstation
World Wide Web
WWW
X
XGA
XML
Z
Zipping