A fast type of
video monitor technology.
A company which provides its customers a service whereby the can access the
Internet. The user normally connects to the Access provider's computer via a
modem using a
dial up connection.
Standalone
program or
Web browser plug-in from Adobe that lets you view a
PDF file in its original
format and appearance. The Acrobat Reader is free and can be downloaded from Adobe.
ActiveX is a Microsoft technology used on the
Internet. ActiveX controls can be downloaded from the Internet. These controls are "activated" by the
web browser & perform a variety of different functions. There are Active X controls which allow you to view Microsoft word documents via the
web browser, play animated graphical effects, display
interactive maps. As the name suggests they make the web
page "active". ActiveX controls provide similar functionality to
Java Applets
A type of
Liquid Crystal Display (
LCD) technology used in Laptop &
notebook PC's. Synonymous with TFT
Also known as
ASP. Microsoft technology created to allow easy combination of
HTML,
JavaScript and
ActiveX.
In
Windows, the front-most window on the desktop. The window which accepts any keyboard
input
An
API whose purpose is to
monitor and control power supply usage - particularly useful in Laptop computers.
Developed by the US Department of Defense during the cold war.
ARPANET was designed to survive nuclear attacks: the authority was distributed over a large number of geographically dispersed computers, so that - even if most
servers were destroyed - the remaining servers would be able to continue on. This computer
network concept was the basis of the
Internet.
Accelerated Graphics Port
It is a standard way of representing ordinary text as a stream of
binary numbers. A code set of 128 characters. The first 32 characters are control codes & the remaining 96 are upper & lower case letters, numbers, punctuation marks & special characters.
Also known as a "hot spot," a "link" or a "hyperlink," an anchor is a part of text that a user can
click on to connect to another part of the same
page, another page on the same
site or a new
Web page entirely.
A special type of
GIF File. They give the
impression of a video. A collection of GIFS, presented one after the other each picture slightly different from the previous. Same principle as a film.
A
program that is written specifically to locate & remove harmful viruses from your PC. These programs constantly have to be updated to cater for new viruses as they become known.
Application Programming Interface
Advanced Power Management
Small (
Java)
program embedded in an
HTML page. When you access that
Web page, the
browser downloads the applet and runs it on your computer. For security reasons applets cannot read or write
data onto your computer. The applet can only be executed if your browser supports Java.
A
Program that has been created to perform a specific task that is useful to the user - unlike the
operating system that is a program that controls the PC. Most people buy PC's so that they can run application programs. Examples include: Word
processor;
Spreadsheet; Home Finance Package; Drawing Package
Program code that allows the
application program to interact directly with the
operating system.
A
backup copy of
data designed to be kept long term - often for security or audit reasons. The verb for doing this is also archive.
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
The most common
File Format found on PC's. They are basically
text files that contain no formatting information at all. They do not require special
programs to access them
Active Server Pages
The Ratio of the screens width to its height so if you are using 640 X 480 the Aspect ratio is 4:3
Digital video
file format created by Microsoft (Video for
Windows). An
avi file contains picture and
sound elements stored in alternate (interleaved) chunks.
Audio Video Interleave