More Internet Terms

A.D.S.L.
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

APP.
Application – Computer program

B.I.O.S.
Basic input output system – Basic computer instructions built into motherboard

B.I.T.
Binary digit – Either 1 or 0 – It is the smallest unit into which digital information can be broken

Bandwidth
The speed that information can travel

Browser
A program used to view web pages

Byte
Eight bits

C.P.U.
Central processing unit

Cache
Storage for temporary computer files

D.S.L.
Digital subscriber line

F.T.P.
File transfer protocol – Used to move files from one computer to another – Eg. Uploading files to a websites hosting server.

Forum
Online discussion site

G.B.
Gigabyte – 1000 megabytes

I.P. Adress
Digital code used to identify a computers conection to the internet

K.B.P.S.
Kilobytes per second – The speeed at which you are downloading

M.U.D.
Multi user domain

R.A.M.
Random access memory

S.E.
Search engine

V.O.D.
Video on demand

V.O.I.P.
Voice over IP – Technology that allows making telephone calls over the internet

WWW
World wide web

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