Dictionary of computer terms may help you with your definitions.

 

1. @ symbol – The @ symbol is what separates the username from the domain in an email address.
2. Adobe Photoshop – This is a computer program used for editing photos and other computer graphics.
3. anti-virus software – This protects your computer against malicious programs called viruses.
4. Bitmap – a bitmap is a collection of dots, or pixels, that makes up the shape of an object or character on the computer screen.
5. boolean terms (and, or) – Boolean functions can have only two possible values: true and false. The most common Boolean functions are AND, OR and NOT.
6. Broadband – high speed Internet access (e.g. DSL, cable modem), is referred to as "broadband."
7. Cable – a cable is a wire that connects two computer components. In the case of Internet access, one can get broadband Internet access via the cable used for their television.
8. case-sensitive vs. case-insensitive – an email address is case-insensitive. In other words, you can use any cOmBiNatioN of UPPER and lower-case letters you wish. Most passwords are case-sensitive, so you must use the Exact case as the original.
9. citing online references – online references must be cited with the address of the website (e.g. http://bolinas-stinson.org), the date (e.g. 2/28/2005) and the author (e.g. Kevin Pedersen).
10. compact disc (CD) – A compact disc is a 12 cm diameter disc that is about 1.5 mm thick and can hold up to 700 MB of data, including text, music, video and any other computer data.