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
