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Common Computer Terms
# 3G ⋅ 4G ⋅ 802.11b ⋅ 802.11g ⋅ 802.11n ⋅ More... A Access ⋅ Access Point ⋅ Active-Matrix ⋅ Add-on ⋅ ADSL ⋅ Adware ⋅ Affiliate ⋅ AGP ⋅ AIFF ⋅ Analog ⋅ Android ⋅ API ⋅ More... B Backbone ⋅ Bandwidth ⋅ Base Station ⋅ BASIC ⋅ Batch File ⋅ Batch Process ⋅ Bcc ⋅ Beta Software ⋅ Biometrics ⋅ BIOS ⋅ Bitmap ⋅ Bitrate ⋅ More... C C++ ⋅ CAD ⋅ Camera RAW ⋅ Captcha ⋅ Card Reader ⋅ Cc ⋅ CCD ⋅ Cell ⋅ Certificate ⋅ Chip ⋅ Clean Install ⋅ Client ⋅ More... D DAC ⋅ Dashboard ⋅ Data Management ⋅ Data Type ⋅ DBMS ⋅ DDR ⋅ DDR2 ⋅ Debug ⋅ Debugger ⋅ Defragment ⋅ Del.icio.us ⋅ Desktop Publishing ⋅ More... E E-mail Bankruptcy ⋅ Edutainment ⋅ EIDE ⋅ Emoticon ⋅ Emulation ⋅ Encryption ⋅ End User ⋅ EPS ⋅ Expansion Card ⋅ External Hard Drive ⋅ More... F Facebook ⋅ FAT32 ⋅ Favicon ⋅ Fiber Optic Cable ⋅ FIFO ⋅ File Extension ⋅ File Format ⋅ File System ⋅ File Type ⋅ Filename ⋅ Firewall ⋅ Firewire ⋅ More... G Gateway ⋅ Gibibyte ⋅ Gigaflops ⋅ GIGO ⋅ Gnutella ⋅ Google Drive ⋅ GPS ⋅ GPU ⋅ GUI ⋅ More... H Halftone ⋅ Handle ⋅ Hard Copy ⋅ Hard Disk ⋅ Hard Token ⋅ HDD ⋅ HDMI ⋅ HDV ⋅ Heat Sink ⋅ Hexadecimal ⋅ HFS ⋅ Hibernate ⋅ More... I I/O ⋅ ICANN ⋅ ICQ ⋅ ICT ⋅ IGP ⋅ Illegal Operation ⋅ IM ⋅ IMAP ⋅ Impression ⋅ Index ⋅ Infotainment ⋅ Inkjet ⋅ More... J Java ⋅ JavaScript ⋅ Joystick ⋅ JSP ⋅ Jumper ⋅ More... K Kbps ⋅ KDE ⋅ Kerning ⋅ Keyboard Shortcut ⋅ Keylogger ⋅ Keywords ⋅ Kibibyte ⋅ KVM Switch ⋅ More... L LAN ⋅ Laser Printer ⋅ Leaderboard ⋅ Leaf ⋅ LED ⋅ LIFO ⋅ LinkedIn ⋅ Linux ⋅ Localhost ⋅ Logic Gate ⋅ Lossless ⋅ Lossy ⋅ More... M MAC Address ⋅ Macro ⋅ Mainframe ⋅ Malware ⋅ Markup Language ⋅ Mashup ⋅ Mbps ⋅ Mebibyte ⋅ Media ⋅ Memory Module ⋅ Memory Stick ⋅ Meta Search Engine ⋅ More... N Name Server ⋅ NAS ⋅ NAT ⋅ Native File ⋅ Netiquette ⋅ Network Topology ⋅ Newbie ⋅ Newsgroup ⋅ NIC ⋅ Node ⋅ Non-Impact Printer ⋅ NTFS ⋅ More... O OASIS ⋅ OCR ⋅ ODBC ⋅ OEM ⋅ Opacity ⋅ Open Source ⋅ OpenGL ⋅ Optical Drive ⋅ Optical Media ⋅ OSD ⋅ Output Device ⋅ More... P P2P ⋅ Packet ⋅ Page Orientation ⋅ Page View ⋅ Parallel Port ⋅ Parse ⋅ Partition ⋅ Path ⋅ Payload ⋅ PCI ⋅ PCI Express ⋅ PDA ⋅ More... Q Quad-Core ⋅ Queue ⋅ QuickTime ⋅ QWERTY ⋅ More... R RADCAB ⋅ Raster Graphic ⋅ Raw Data ⋅ Raw File ⋅ Real-Time ⋅ Recursion ⋅ Recursive Function ⋅ Refresh ⋅ Refresh Rate ⋅ Remote Access ⋅ Remote Desktop ⋅ Remote User ⋅ More... S Safe Mode ⋅ Sample ⋅ Sampling ⋅ SATA ⋅ Screenshot ⋅ Script ⋅ SCSI ⋅ SD ⋅ SDK ⋅ SDRAM ⋅ Secondary Memory ⋅ Secondary Storage ⋅ More... T T1 ⋅ T3 ⋅ Tag ⋅ Tape Drive ⋅ Target Disk Mode ⋅ Taskbar ⋅ TCP/IP ⋅ Tebibyte ⋅ Technology Services ⋅ Telecommunications ⋅ Telnet ⋅ Terabyte ⋅ More... U U ⋅ UDP ⋅ Ultra DMA ⋅ Unfriend ⋅ Unix ⋅ Unmount ⋅ UPS ⋅ URI ⋅ User Interface ⋅ More... V Vector ⋅ Vector Graphic ⋅ VGA ⋅ Video Card ⋅ Virtual Memory ⋅ Virtual Reality ⋅ Virtualization ⋅ Visual Basic ⋅ VLE ⋅ VoIP ⋅ Volume ⋅ VRAM ⋅ More... W W3C ⋅ WAN ⋅ Warm Boot ⋅ Waveform ⋅ Web 2.0 ⋅ Web Host ⋅ Web Ring ⋅ Webcam ⋅ Webmaster ⋅ WEP ⋅ White Balance ⋅ White Paper ⋅ More... X x86 ⋅ XHTML ⋅ XML ⋅ More... Y Y2K ⋅ More... Z Zip ⋅ More...	Glossary FAQ File Extensions Submit a Term

Common Computer Terms

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3G ⋅ 4G ⋅ 802.11b ⋅ 802.11g ⋅ 802.11n ⋅ More...

A

Access ⋅ Access Point ⋅ Active-Matrix ⋅ Add-on ⋅ ADSL ⋅ Adware ⋅ Affiliate ⋅ AGP ⋅ AIFF ⋅ Analog ⋅ Android ⋅ API ⋅ More...

B

Backbone ⋅ Bandwidth ⋅ Base Station ⋅ BASIC ⋅ Batch File ⋅ Batch Process ⋅ Bcc ⋅ Beta Software ⋅ Biometrics ⋅ BIOS ⋅ Bitmap ⋅ Bitrate ⋅ More...

C

C++ ⋅ CAD ⋅ Camera RAW ⋅ Captcha ⋅ Card Reader ⋅ Cc ⋅ CCD ⋅ Cell ⋅ Certificate ⋅ Chip ⋅ Clean Install ⋅ Client ⋅ More...

G

Gateway ⋅ Gibibyte ⋅ Gigaflops ⋅ GIGO ⋅ Gnutella ⋅ Google Drive ⋅ GPS ⋅ GPU ⋅ GUI ⋅ More...

H

Halftone ⋅ Handle ⋅ Hard Copy ⋅ Hard Disk ⋅ Hard Token ⋅ HDD ⋅ HDMI ⋅ HDV ⋅ Heat Sink ⋅ Hexadecimal ⋅ HFS ⋅ Hibernate ⋅ More...

I

I/O ⋅ ICANN ⋅ ICQ ⋅ ICT ⋅ IGP ⋅ Illegal Operation ⋅ IM ⋅ IMAP ⋅ Impression ⋅ Index ⋅ Infotainment ⋅ Inkjet ⋅ More...

J

Java ⋅ JavaScript ⋅ Joystick ⋅ JSP ⋅ Jumper ⋅ More...

K

Kbps ⋅ KDE ⋅ Kerning ⋅ Keyboard Shortcut ⋅ Keylogger ⋅ Keywords ⋅ Kibibyte ⋅ KVM Switch ⋅ More...

L

LAN ⋅ Laser Printer ⋅ Leaderboard ⋅ Leaf ⋅ LED ⋅ LIFO ⋅ LinkedIn ⋅ Linux ⋅ Localhost ⋅ Logic Gate ⋅ Lossless ⋅ Lossy ⋅ More...

M

MAC Address ⋅ Macro ⋅ Mainframe ⋅ Malware ⋅ Markup Language ⋅ Mashup ⋅ Mbps ⋅ Mebibyte ⋅ Media ⋅ Memory Module ⋅ Memory Stick ⋅ Meta Search Engine ⋅ More...

N

Name Server ⋅ NAS ⋅ NAT ⋅ Native File ⋅ Netiquette ⋅ Network Topology ⋅ Newbie ⋅ Newsgroup ⋅ NIC ⋅ Node ⋅ Non-Impact Printer ⋅ NTFS ⋅ More...

O

OASIS ⋅ OCR ⋅ ODBC ⋅ OEM ⋅ Opacity ⋅ Open Source ⋅ OpenGL ⋅ Optical Drive ⋅ Optical Media ⋅ OSD ⋅ Output Device ⋅ More...

P

P2P ⋅ Packet ⋅ Page Orientation ⋅ Page View ⋅ Parallel Port ⋅ Parse ⋅ Partition ⋅ Path ⋅ Payload ⋅ PCI ⋅ PCI Express ⋅ PDA ⋅ More...

Q

Quad-Core ⋅ Queue ⋅ QuickTime ⋅ QWERTY ⋅ More...

R

RADCAB ⋅ Raster Graphic ⋅ Raw Data ⋅ Raw File ⋅ Real-Time ⋅ Recursion ⋅ Recursive Function ⋅ Refresh ⋅ Refresh Rate ⋅ Remote Access ⋅ Remote Desktop ⋅ Remote User ⋅ More...

S

Safe Mode ⋅ Sample ⋅ Sampling ⋅ SATA ⋅ Screenshot ⋅ Script ⋅ SCSI ⋅ SD ⋅ SDK ⋅ SDRAM ⋅ Secondary Memory ⋅ Secondary Storage ⋅ More...

T

T1 ⋅ T3 ⋅ Tag ⋅ Tape Drive ⋅ Target Disk Mode ⋅ Taskbar ⋅ TCP/IP ⋅ Tebibyte ⋅ Technology Services ⋅ Telecommunications ⋅ Telnet ⋅ Terabyte ⋅ More...

U

U ⋅ UDP ⋅ Ultra DMA ⋅ Unfriend ⋅ Unix ⋅ Unmount ⋅ UPS ⋅ URI ⋅ User Interface ⋅ More...

V

Vector ⋅ Vector Graphic ⋅ VGA ⋅ Video Card ⋅ Virtual Memory ⋅ Virtual Reality ⋅ Virtualization ⋅ Visual Basic ⋅ VLE ⋅ VoIP ⋅ Volume ⋅ VRAM ⋅ More...

W

W3C ⋅ WAN ⋅ Warm Boot ⋅ Waveform ⋅ Web 2.0 ⋅ Web Host ⋅ Web Ring ⋅ Webcam ⋅ Webmaster ⋅ WEP ⋅ White Balance ⋅ White Paper ⋅ More...

X

x86 ⋅ XHTML ⋅ XML ⋅ More...

Y

Y2K ⋅ More...

Z

Zip ⋅ More...