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ALU: arithmetical and logical unit ordered of the mathematics operations of the computer.

AMD: advances micro device.API: interface of programming of

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DICTIONARY OF TECHNICAL SYSTEMS

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BIOS: (Basic Input-Output System) program that contains the instructions needed to begin operation and controls the data flow between the operating system and application programs and the hardware device.

Bit: Binary digits are a basic unit of information storage and communication digital computing and digital information theory.

Blogs: is a type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

Bluetooth: industrial specification for wireless Personal Area Networks that enables the transmission of voice and data between different devices.

Broadcast : is the distribution of audio and/or video signals which transmit programs to an audience. The audience may be the general public or a relatively large sub-audience, such as children or young adults.


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Browse: Browsing (predation), a type of predation, A user interface on a computer that allows navigation of objects Web browser, used to access the World Wide Web File browser, for managing files and related objects Help browser, for reading online help Code browser, for navigating source code…

Byte: The byte most often consists of 8 bits in modern systems.Bit: Is the smallest unit used to measure data in a computer. A

bit can have two values: 0 or 1.Buffer: Is a memory location in a computer or a digital

instrument reserved for temporary storage of digital information, while it is waiting to be processed.

Bus: Is a subsystem that transfers data between computer components inside a computer or between computers.


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Chat: is a virtual space where a person interacts, an automated conversational script with a modem.

Command: a statement in a computer language.Computer mouse: device common signaler. Computer: electronics able to receive an instruction set and

to execute being made them calculations on the numeric data, or compiling and correlating other types of information.

Cyberchondria: is an illness, depending on which you ask, you may get information about what characterizes this condition.


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configuration In software, configure is the output of Autotoola and used to detect system configuration. a configuration file is used to configure the initial settings for a computer program.

Cable modem: it is a special type of modem designed to modulate the sign of data on a television infrastructure for cable.

Cache: This allows memory when it comes to a program or file, make a copy for when you want to re-enter the access is faster

Chipset: Is mediates of communication between the CPU and the other components of the system, including main memory.


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DAM: direct memory access, does not take part the processor.DOS: (Disk Operating System) general word that describes

any operating system loaded from devices of disc when initiating or to reinitiate the system.

DATABASE: Is a data set within a context and systematically stored for later use.

DLS Modem: It is a device used to connect a single computer or router to a DSL phone line, in order to use an ADSL service. Like other modems it is a type of transceiver.


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E-mail: is any method of creating, transmitting, or storing primarily text-based human communications with digital communications systems.

Ethernet: A trademark for a system for exchanging massages between computers on a local area network using coaxial, fiber optic or twisted-pair cables.

External Bus Controllers: Support ports for external peripherals. These ports may be controlled directly by the Southbridge (South Chipset).


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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbridge

Floppy disk: small magnetic data storage disk coated in a rigid plastic case on which data can be stored or retrieved by a computer.


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Gigabyte: means 1000000000bytes (10003, 109).

Googol: is the large number 10100. GUI: Graphical User Interface.Hardware: the material components of

a computer science system.


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Html: Hypertext Markup Language.Hyperlinks: (or links for short), are a word or

several words in a document whose function is to direct e.g. a web browser to the address (local or remote) they link to when clicked on.


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IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.Internet: The red bigger of de Word, is a global network of

interconnected computers. it is a group of interconnected communication nets, they use the family of protocols TCP/IP, guaranteeing that the heterogeneous physical nets that compose it work like an unique logical net, of world reach.

ISA: architecture set of instructions.Internal Buses: Connect the CPU to various internal

components and to expansion cards for graphics and sound.


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Key board: Set of keys of diverse apparatuses or machines that handle by means of bellboys of control or keys.

Keys: a piece of information that controls the operation of an algorithm, a software verification tool.

Kilobyte: equal to either 1,024 bytes (210) or 1,000 bytes (103).

Kernel: Is the central component of most computer operating systems. Its responsibilities include managing the system's resources (the communication between harware and software components)


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LAN: local area network the maximum distance is a house, building.

Language program: artificial language that can be used to define a sequence of instructions for its processing by a computer or computer.

Laptop: or notebook is a personal computer designed for mobile use small enough to sit on one's lap.

Login: (logging or signing in, also log on) is the process by which individual access to a computer system is controlled by identification of the user using credentials provided by the user.


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MAC: Media Access Control. MAN: metropolitan area network the maximum

distance is a locality or city.MAR: memory addresses register, address

register of a file. MDR: memory data register data stored in a

locality.Memory: The area of a computer that determines

how much information can be maintained for instant retrieval and processing.

MIT: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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Monoprogramming: Is when the operative system allows the execution of one program, no memory management, since all of this to the running program. An example might be the DOS operating system.

Motherboard: Is the body of the computer, it’s a circuit card that support from other parts of the computer.

Multiprogramming: Is when the operative system allows the execution of more than one process. The memory is shared across all processes


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Network: A system of two or more computers, terminals, and communications devices linked by wires, cables, or a telecommunications system in order to exchange data.

NIC: network interface cardNOS: network operating system


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Operative System: is an interface between hardware and applications; it is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the limited resources of the computer.


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PAN: Personal Area Network the Maxima distances is a writing-desk.

PDA: Personal Digital Assistant.Pop up: window that to appear suddenly and unexpectedly.Pornography: or porn is the explicit depiction of sexual subject

matter with the sole intention of sexually exciting the viewer.Program: it defines the work by means of an instruction set

which must to do internally in a computer.PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect): Is a computer bus

standard for connecting peripheral devices directly to your motherboard. These devices can be expansion cards that fit into connectors

Processor or (CPU): Is the brain of the computer. It makes the logical process of the computer.


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Radio waves: are electromagnetic waves occurring on the radio frequency portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.

Record: Storage medium that contains data (more specifically audio data).

Router: is a networking device whose software and hardware are usually tailored to the tasks of routing and forwarding information.

RAM (Random Access Memory): Is the system's main memory, and holds data and instructions for running applications and the operating system. Is the memory where the processor receives instructions and save the results. It is the work area for the most software in a computer.

Router: it is a hardware device for interconnection of net of computers that operates in the layer three.


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Screen: Window screen, a wire mesh that covers a window opening.

Security: The objective of computer security can include protection of information from theft or corruption, or the preservation of availability, as defined in the security policy.

Software: programs of computers.Symbol: is something such as an object, picture, written word,

sound, or particular mark that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention.

Socket: Is an electromechanical system of support and wiring, installed on the motherboard, which is used to set and connect a microprocessor.


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Terabyte: is equal to 1012 (1000000000000bytes) or 1000 gigabytes.

Typing QWERTY: The first six keyboard letters.


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USB: Universal Serial Bus. Is a serial bus standard to connect devices to a host computer.

UPLOAD:download is to receive data to a local system from a remote system, such as a webserver, FTP server, email server, or other similar systems. A download is any file that is offered for downloading or that has been downloaded.


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Virus: Software program capable of reproducing itself and usually capable of causing great harm to files or other programs on the same computer.

Virtual Machine: Is a software that allows you to use more than one operative system on a computer.


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WAN: wide area network the maximum distance of a country or continent.

Web search engine: is a tool designed to search for information on the World Wide Web

Wordstar: It was the word processor with more characteristic and easier of using in the operating system CP/M.


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