Category Archives: Word of the week
Word of the Week: Burn
Burn: Creating a CD or DVD. The data is literally burnt to the CD or DVD using a laser inside the disc drive.
Word of the Week: Bug
Bug: A bug is an error on a computer, especially in a program (software), that has been missed in testing before it has been released for general use.
Word of the Week: Browser
Browser: A program used for viewing pages on the Internet. The most widely used is Microsoft’s Windows Internet Explorer and Firefox.
Word of the week: Megabit
Megabit: A megabit is commonly a measurement of speed on your broadband connection. The higher the number the better. It is often abbreviated as Mbit (or Mb). For example 8Mb. Megabit is often confused with megabyte, which is the measure … Continue reading
Word of the week: CD-R, CD-RW
CD-R & CD-RW Discs which come labelled CD-R means that they can be written to (or burnt as it technically know) but only once. CD-RW discs can be written to multiple times, the RW stands for re-writable.
Word of the week: Homepage
Homepage All sites on the Internet consist of a series of ‘pages’. The ‘homepage’ is the first page you see when you visit a website, and acts as the main entry point that leads to all the other areas within … Continue reading
Word of the week: Lurker
Lurker A lurker is someone who reads the messages in a chat room, forum or newsgroup but never joins in with their own comments.
Word of the week: Microfilter
Microfilter A microfilter or filter is a little gadget that separates low-end frequencies associated with voice calls from the high end frequencies used by your broadband connection. This allows you to connect to the Internet and make voice calls at … Continue reading
Words of the week: Online and Offline
Online / Offline When your computer is connected to the Internet it is ‘online’. When the Internet connection is turned off, you are ‘offline’.
Word of the week: Firewall
Firewall A firewall is a computer program, or device that acts like a barrier, protecting a company’s internal network from unauthorised external access (most commonly in the form of hackers). Firewalls can be built into your modem, or they can … Continue reading
