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DO YOU KNOW YOUR COMPUTER LINGO?
1. bandwidth _____
2. domain _____
3. Internet Service Provider (ISP) _____
4. Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) _____
5. Local Area Network (LAN) _____
A. A multi-platform file format developed by Adobe
Systems. The file captures document text, fonts,
images, and even formatting of documents from a
variety of applications. An e-mailed document to your
friend looks the same way on his screen as it looks on
yours, even if he has a Mac and you have a PC.
B. A compression format used to make files smaller,
often before sending them over the Internet. A
decompression program is needed to make these files
usable after downloading.
C. They charge startup and monthly fees to users and
provide the initial host connection to the rest of the
Internet usually via a dialup connection.
D. An automated mailing list distribution system.
E. As typically used, the amount of data, usually measured
in bits per second, that can be sent through a
given communications circuit.
Most Frequently Misspelled Computer Terms
Resources
Write the letter to the correct definition next to the word below. The answer key is at the bottom of the page.
6. listserv _____
7. Portable Document Format (PDF) _____
8. Plug-in _____
9. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) _____
10. Zip _____
F. They are the resource locators used by the World
Wide Web as explicit addresses for information.
G. A linking of many computers so that they may
exchange files and share hardware (like printers and
disk drives).
H. A software plug-in that is an add-on for a program
that adds functionality to it. For example, Photoshop
may add extra filters that you can use to manipulate
images.
I. A named collection of network hosts. Some important
ones are: .com (commercial), .edu (educational), net
(network operations), .gov (U.S. government), and
.mil (U.S. military). Most countries also have one. For
example,. us (United States),.auk (United Kingdom),
.au (Australia).
J. A standard compression format for high-resolution
color images.
e-mail—all lower case, with a hyphen
Internet—Internet is a proper noun, so it is capitalized
online—one word, lower case
listserv—all lower case, one word, no “e” at the end
Web page/site—Web is short for World Wide Web, so it is a proper noun and it is capitalized; use of “page” or “site” is
a separate word and it is lower case
This information is recognized by the Library of Congress.
Source references and for more information:
http://www.saugus.net/Computer/Terms/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_term_etymologies
ANSWER KEY: 1-E; 2-I; 3-C; 4-J; 5-A; 6-D; 7-B; 8-H; 9-F; 10-G
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