Tag Archives: Word of the week
Word of the Week: ‘Enter’ key
‘Enter’ key: The Enter key is found on the right-hand side of the keyboard. In most cases the key has the text written on it – either ‘Enter’ or ‘Return’ and then an arrow that starts on the right, goes … Continue reading
Word of the Week: DRM
DRM: DRM stands for ‘Digital Rights Management’ which is used for protecting files from being used by all users (everybody and anyone) and limited its use to only selected users. DRM is often used on major music stores to make … Continue reading
Word of the Week: Link
Link: The Internet is made of many different Web pages. The computer software that people use to make these pages lets us go to other pages in a very fast and easy way, simply by clicking on either a picture … Continue reading
Word of the Week: Twitter
Twitter: Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users’ updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length.
Word of the Week: Blog
Blog: Blog is another word for weblog. A weblog is a website that is like a diary or journal. Anyone can create a blog and then write on that blog. Bloggers (a word for people who write on blogs) often … Continue reading
Word of the Week: Cookies
Cookies: A small text file that websites put on your computer to store information about you and your preferences. Internet sites use cookies to offer a personalised experience to users and to gather information about website use.
Word of the Week: Quick Launch
Word of the Week: Quick Launch The Quick Launch toolbar is the section of the taskbar near the Start menu where you can add shortcuts to programs your favourite programs.
Word of the Week: Megabyte
Megabyte: A megabyte is a measurement of size. 1 megabyte (or 1MB) is equal to 1,000,000 bytes, just like the metric scale. Typically, a single photo at good or high quality will be roughly 1 MB. A single music track … Continue reading
Word of the Week: VOIP
VOIP or Voice Over Internet Protocal is basically a phone call that is made using the Internet rather than the conventional telephone network. A now popular example of VOIP technology is Skype.
Word of the Week: Encrypt (also known as encryption)
Encryption: The coding of data so that it can’t be read by hackers or snoopers etc. When transmitted over the internet, for example, any reputable website selling goods by credit card or Internet Bank will encrypt all credit card information and personal details … Continue reading
