Computer jargon explained

Computer jargon

Welcome to our technical terms page. This page will contain all the computer terms on my site with an explanation for each term. There may be some terms I have not used but will be in the future, so I have decided to include these words as an added benefit for your computer education.

The sections below are divided in to different sections in alphabetical order.

A

ADSL
AGP
ALU
ASCII
AVI

B

Backbone
Back end
Bandwidth
Binary
Bit
Byte
Browser
Bios
Bus

C

Chip
Crashing
CMOS
CODEC
CD ROM
Cursor
Cookie
Cache
CPU
Chat

D

Data
DDR memory
Default
DIMM memory
Directory
Desktop
Defragmentation
Disk drive
DLL
Download
Dot ptich
DOS
Driver
DPI
DVD writer

E

EIDE
Ethernet
Email

F

FAT
File term
Firewall
Freeware
FPS

G

Gigabyte
GHZ
Graphics Card
GUI

H

Hard drive
Hardware
Hub
Hyper threading

I

Internet
Interface
Installation
Ip Address
ISDN

J

JPEG

K

Kbps

L

LAN
LCD
LPT

M

Maximize
Minimize
Midi
Megahertz
Megabyte
Mouse
Motherboard
Modem
MP3
MPEG
MS DOS

N

Network
NTFS
NIC

O

Operating system
OEM

P

Plug and play
PC
Pixel
Port
Parallel port
PSU
Protocol

R

Ram
Rom
Resolution
Router

S

SDRAM
SCSI
Serial port
Shareware
Software
Spam
SVGA
Sound card

t

TFT
TCP

U

URL
Upload
USB

V

Virus

W

WAN

Z