![]() What does this mean? No industry can beat. IT sector when it comes to baffling customers with jargon. We'll try here. to cut through the nonsense and explain exactly what the terminology means. Now superseded. 1. Base- TThe 1. 0Mps standard. RJ- 4. 5 connectors and cat 5 cable. KA generic term for. The maximum dial up modems. Internet. 80. 2. 1. The. standard for wireless networks. It comes in a number of different varieties. The viewer is free, but to make an Acrobat file requires you to. ACSAustralian Computer. Society. ADFAutomatic Document. ![]() ![]() ![]() Feeder: A device that sits on top of a scanner that feeds multipage documents. ADSLAsymmetric Digital. Subscriber Loop: High speed data connection using the existing copper. Requires your telephone exchange to support it and be. Adware. Software. When it's installed without. Often uses. spyware to determine what ads to put on your computer. AGPAccelerated Graphics. Port: A slot on the motherboard designed for high speed graphics cards. Generally speaking, applications are the programs that. ATXThe standard motherboard. AVIAudio Video Interleave. A standard format for storing and sending video clips. Bad Sector/Bad block. Damage on a drive. If your. computer shows bad sectors then it is time to replace the hard drive or. Beta. Software. Beta software is. Beta software is useable but has unpredictable bugs and. Businesses. should never use beta software. BIOSBasic Input and. Output System: The basic software that controls the computer. The. screen that flashes up showing the computer. When. the computer starts the BIOS runs then hands the system over to the operating. Broadband. High speed Internet. Generally all connections except for dial up and ISDN connections. Brown out. A power sag. Browser. Web browsers are. ![]() Internet. Cache. Data that may be. Web browsers have. CPUs have a cache. CADComputer Aided Design. Drawing programs used by architects and engineers Capped. Internet plan where the monthly fee is fixed, that is your charges are capped. This usually has conditions such as slowing your connection. Cat 5. Category 5 Cable. It has a faster relative called Category. When installing a network all cables should be at least cat 5. The. square plug at the end of a Cat 5 or 6 cable is an RJ4. Cat 6. Category 6 Cable. While slightly more expensive it is worthwhile. Cat 6 cable is compatible with Cat 5. ![]() This article lists the steps to configure Windows Vista network settings for XFINITY Internet on your home computer. This article also lists the steps to. Client/Server. A network where some. CGICommon Gateway Interface. I'm having the same issue as many others, after I map a drive in Windows Vista (Ultimate 64bits) and explicity tell it to remember user&password, after a reboot or.A specification that allows web sites to communicate with programs. It. requires specific software to be set up on the web site. CMOSComplimentary Metal. Oxide Semi- conductor: The CMOS chip holds the configuration data for the. ![]() Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 SP1 and SP2, and Windows Server 2003 R2 retired content. The content you requested has already retired. It's available to. Windows Networking Information. This site is copyrighted. No portion may be reproduced without my written permission. Has your Windows Vista computer suddenly gone silent - no sound comes out of your speakers, “Failed to play test tone” appears when you try to test your. It is kept alive by a battery on the motherboard. CMYKFour colour printing. K stands for. black and is created by mixing the other colours or having its own cartridge. CNECertified Novell. Engineer: Has been certified to support certain Novell networking products. Codec. Software. that translates a video or audio file so it will work on a computer. CPUCentral Processing. Unit: The heart of the computer, this is the chip that runs the whole. Sometimes the entire computer is referred to as the CPU. Cross- Over Cable. A UTP network patch. CRTCathode Ray Tube. The cheapest and most common type of computer monitor. This is the same. CSVComma Separated Value. The most basic way of saving spreadsheet or database contents. A CSV file. is a text file with the data fields separted by commas. This files can. be read by almost all spreadsheet and database programs. Cursor. The pointer on the. Cybersquatter. Someone. Internet domain name similar to an established business or brand. Definition Files. Definition files. Defragment. A process which reorganises. On hard drives which are almost full defragmenting. Delegate. Assigning a server. Internet domain name. Your domain yourbiz. Requests to yourbiz. DHTMLDynamic Hyper. Text. Mark up Language: An advanced version of HTML, used to design web pages. Dial up Adaptor. The software that. Windows 9x/ME computers to access the Internet. How to Fix Common Computer Network Issues. Computer networks equip computers and other electronic devices to exchange data. It is what allows you to connect to the. As you know, IIS 7.0 provides a number of ways to manage configuration other then MWA, including IIS Configuration COM objects for script, IIS Configuration COM. This is part 3 of our series of how to troubleshoot Internet connection problems, I hope is being helpful to some of you. I talked about “Client for Microsoft. Directory. A directory is created. The same as you would put. The term directory is used. Window 3. 1 and DOS. Macs and later Windows computers use the term folder. ![]() DNSDomain Name System. The system that translates Internet Protocol numbers to names. For instance. the IP number 2. Docking. Station. A plastic frame that. A laptop. computer plugs into the docking station, saving the user from plugging. Domain (Network)A group of computers. Windows servers. Not to be. Internet domain. Domain name. An Internet address. Any. mail addressed to yourcompany. Domain. Parker. Someone. Internet domain in a common word or similar to an existing business. Like cybersquatters, they hope. Dongle. A part that hangs. It may be an adaptor for a modem or network card. Some. software is supplied with a dongle for each licenced copy, the software. The lower the number, the better the. Typical Dot pitches are 0. Download. Recieve data from. Internet. Drivers. Software that allows. DTPDesk. Top Publishing. Preparing brochures, posters and pamphlets on your computer. Most wordprocessing. DTP functions but to do anything sophisticated you. DVDDigital Versatile. Disk: A high capacity version of the CD- ROM, DVD readers can also read. CD. The terms of that licence are buried in the EULA. Extensions. Windows computers. This is called an extension. FAQFrequently Asked. Questions. FATFile Allocation Table. The area of a hard drive that keeps track of where data has been saved. FAT3. 2A file system used. Windows 9. 8 and ME. It cannot be read by older systems but is still. Windows XP and Vista. Fdisk. A Windows program. This is done before. File Formats. Different file formats. ![]() ![]() Every program has it. If you use Office 2. Wordperfect 6 you will have problems sharing documents. Firewall. Firewalls are security. Internet. Firewire. A standard for connecting. Standard. on newer Apple computers and gradually becoming common on PC. Also known. as IEEE 1. I- link. Folder. A folder is created. The same as you would put. Font. The typeface of a. The two most common fonts on PC. Form Factor. The size and shape. Format (disk)A program that marks. Formatting a disk destroys any. Format (document)The layout of a document. Freeware. Software that has. There is no charge for using it but. Business are expected. FTPFile Transfer Protocol. An Internet service used for transferring large files. It is used for. uploading and downloading files from servers. GIFGraphics Interchange. Format: A graphics file format. Commonly used in web pages. Grey Imports. Software and hardware. This is. not illegal but can cause warranty and support problems with the product. GUIGraphic User Interface. The screen on a Windows or Mac computer where you can use a mouse of a. Header. In a document it. In an e- mail it is the technical information. Hibernation. A way of shutting. The contents. of the memory are saved into a file on the hard drive and copied back. HPFSHigh Performance. File System: The standard file system for the Apple Mac. HTMLHyper. Text Mark up. Language: The computer language used to write web pages. HTTPHyper Text Transfer. Protocol: An Internet service that the World Wide Web. Hub. All cables on a 1. T network have to go home to a hub. Hyperlink. A marker on a web. Also. know as a link. IDEIntegrated Drive. Electronics: A standard of connecting internal drives. This was the most. CD- ROMS. It may also be known as ATA. SATA standard. IEEE 1. A standard for connecting. Standard. on newer Apple computers and gradually becoming common on PC. Also known. as Firewire or I- link. Initialise. The Mac term for. Initialising a disk marks a disk so that data can be. Initialising a disk destroys any data already saved on it. Internet Protocol. The language computer. Internet. Also can be called TCP/IP. IPX/SPXThe networking language. Novell networks. IRCInternet Relay Chat. An Internet service that allows users to communicate live as if they were. ISAIndustry Standard. Architecture: An older standard of PC motherboard slot. ISDNIntegrated Services. Digital Network: A telephone service that allows high speed data connections. ISPInternet Service. Provider: Provides access to the Internet for consumers and smaller businesses. JPEG (or JPG)Joint Photographics. Experts Group: A graphics file format. Commonly used in web pages. LANLocal Area Network. Computers in the same office or complex connected to share data. Small. businesses use Ethernet as their network standard. Laplink Cable. A cable that connects. LCDLiquid Crystal Display. The display type used on laptop computers and high- end monitors. LCDLiquid Crystal Diode. A type of computer display. Used for laptop displays and high quality. LDAPLightweight Directory. Access Protocol: A language used by e- mail programs to send and collect. It can also be used for sharing information. Link. A marker on a web. Properly. known as a hyperlink. Linux. An operating system. Windows or Mac OS. Unlike the commercial operating systems the basic. Linux system is developed by millions of volunteers to provide it for. Some companies that supply it make their money from support and. LPTLine Printer Port. Another term for a printer port. Malware. A. general term for software that intends to do no good to your computer. Includes. adware, spyware, Trojan. Mapped drive. A mapped drive or. For instance, the machine server may have a. Another machine. may map that folder and will then think it is a drive installed within. MCSEMicrosoft Certified. System Engineer: Has been certified by Microsoft to support the products. MSCE. Meta Tags. Text that is embedded. These are designed. Motherboard. The motherboard is. MTBFMean Time Between. Failure: A statistical measure of how long a part can be expected to last. Each manufacturer has their own measure so MTBF should. Nag. message that constantly pops up asking you to do something like register. Nagware. Software. Naked. ADSL service that isn't connected to the telephone network. A much more. reliable way of getting onto the net. NATNetwork Address Translation. Netbios. The networking language. Microsoft Networks. Netbook. A small, cheap portable computer.
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