| A | B |
|---|
| Bit | The smallest piece of information used by the computer. |
| Byte | 8 bits equals a byte. |
| Boot | To start up your computer. |
| Control Panel | The area of your computer that allows you to change settings. |
| Desk Top | The shaded or color backdrop of the sceen. |
| Disc Drive | The machinery in your tower that writes data to a portable disc |
| Download | To transfer data form one computer to another. |
| Hard drive | a large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case. |
| Freeze | A system error which causes the cursor to lock in place |
| Icon | a graphic symbol for an application, file or folder. |
| Operating System | the system software that controls the computer. |
| Periphial | an add-on component to your computer. Example: Digital camera, scanner, speakers... |
| Ram | Random Access Memory |
| Rom | Read Only Memory |
| Server | a central computer dedicated to sending and receiving data from other computers (on a network). |
| Scroll bar | a bar at the bottom or right side of a window that contains the scroll box and allows scrolling. |
| Worm | acronym for Write Once-Read Many; an optical disk that can only be written to once (like a CD-ROM). |
| File | the generic word for an application, document, control panel or other computer data. |
| Folder | an electronic subdirectory which contains files |
| Font | a typeface that contains the characters of an alphabet or some other letterforms |
