Computer Terms

[Legobricks]

http: hyper txt transport protocall

Hypertext transfer protocall, where the hell did you get 'transport' from?

Isn't it called font, not text?

GPU: Graphics Processing Unit.

Another similar acronym...
PSU — Power supply unit. Does what it says on the tin.

 

[machinegun777]

Apparently nobody has mentioned this yet:

Internet Protocol (IP) Address - A numerical identification and logical address that is assigned to devices participating in a computer network utilizing the Internet Protocol for communication between its nodes.

Definition from Wikipedia

 

[xMeowthz]

Units of measurement

From what I see... the chart of bytes is:



bit=0 or 1
nibble=4 bit
byte=8 bit
kilobyte = 1024 bytes
megabyte=1024 kilobytes
gigabyte=1024 megabytes
terabyte=1024 gigabytes
petabyte=1024 terabytes
exabyte=1024 petabyte
zettabyte=1024 exabyte
yottabyte=1024 zettabyte
xonabyte=1024 yottabyte
wekabyte=1024 xonabyte
vundabyte=1024 wekabyte
udabyte=1024 vundabyte
tredabyte=1024 udabyte
sortabyte=1024 tredabyte
rintabyte=1024 sortabyte
quexabyte=1024 rintabyte
peptabyte=1024 quexabyte
ochabyte=1024 peptabyte
nenabyte=1024 ochabyte
mingabyte=1024 nenabyte
lumabyte=1024 mingabyte
(?)byte=1024 lumabyte

An interesting note:

Everything after "yotta" hasn't been approved by any organization I know of.

 

[.little monster]

This might confuse some people because it's also an internet speed classification:

DSL = Damn Small Linux

: 3

 

[jubjub449]

Synaptic - A Linux Debian program that searches the internet and downloads packages.

But That's the name of my trackpad!

 

[Rukario]

(I hope this doesn't count as reviving a thread)

PHP is more than just "more advanced than HTML". It is a totally different thing. It is a programming language that can be used to make your webpages dynamic, ie actually program them, since HTML is only used for designing web pages.
...

PHP is an abbreviation for Hypertext Pre-Processor or sometimes, depending on who you ask, Personal Home Page.
PHP is a widely-used general-purpose SERVER SIDE scripting language that is especially well-suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

 

[Ho-oh arabia]

IBM: International Business Machines, the people who started this all.

 

[turnernelson02]

Hi Jesus Freak Josh,

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Thanks

 

[Obi-Wan Jerkobi]

9wm - a window manager on unix-like operating systems that resembles the default window manager of Bell Labs' Plan 9 OS. :P

Python - a versatile high-level programming language that emphasizes clean syntax.

 

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WOW nice post. Thats nice information for any beginner.

 

[mystera]

Adobe Software Icons
Fl: Flash(animation)
Dw: Dreamweaver(web page)
Fw: Fireworks (art editor i think)
Ps: PHotoshop (Image)
Ai: Illustrator (art)
ID: Indesign

there's more../

I have a few random but useful terms :3

QWERTY: The Keyboard format used in nearly all PCs


.bat: A batch file extension. Executes certain commands with text.


.vbs: Like a batch, but I don't know how to work these things @~@.


Blue Screen of Death: It is when the whole screen goes blue and says random junk that makes it look like your computer is freaked. Which is most likely true

Unless you see this was caused by System Mechanic or an anti-virus you trust or some zany screensaver (guilty), you have permission to jump of a cliff and die a blue death.



Chrome: Either an element in the Periodic table or an awesome browser from Google that needs more attention.


Mouse: The thing you hole to make an arrow move on your screen and execute actions with a "click"

How the hell was that overlooked?


Text (as a noun, girls): The styles of letters that appear on the screen

ex:

Verdana

Comic Sans

Courier New


PC: What you most likely are using right now and the place you are for sure in if you are seeing this.


That's as much as I can help with for now.

I thought *text* was also called Font!

 

[sarienbarry]

Hi friends,
Its really cool stuff.
Its helpful to everyone who is new to the computer field or experience person of computer field.
Thanks for sharing this you all guys.

 

[Emotion.]

Isn't it called font, not text?

Correct, text is the letters entered, the font is the style of those letters as far as I know.

 

[KAZillonaire]

Here are some:


.avi .bz2 .css .doc .docx .flv .gif .gz .htm .html .ini .ips .jp2 .jpe .jpeg .jpg .m4a .mov .mp3 .mp4 .pdf .png .psd .rar .rtf .sav .sgm .swf .tar .tgz .txt .wav .wma .xls .xml .xps .zip, and .nds. (Courtesy of the ROMs.

HTML~Hypertext Markup Language; Computer language that web browsers translate into our language.
HTTP~Hypertext Transfer Protocol; First Computer Language ever.

 

[Tuxedo Clank]

CD Rom - Reads CDs and executes them. Speed is often between 40 and 52.

Correct me if I am wrong but isn't a CD-ROM a read only CD. The software contained on these can't be editted or writted over. It is a type of CD not a CD reader. The same is true for DVD-ROM.

Blue Screen of Death: It is when the whole screen goes blue and says random junk that makes it look like your computer is freaked. Which is most likely true

Unless you see this was caused by System Mechanic or an anti-virus you trust or some zany screensaver (guilty), you have permission to jump of a cliff and die a blue death.

I tend to find booting off an operating system CD and reinstalling it tends to help with this and to prevent unnecessary cliff-jumpy death.

From what I see... the chart of bytes is:

bit=0 or 1
nibble=4 bit
byte=8 bit
kilobyte = 1024 bytes
megabyte=1024 kilobytes
gigabyte=1024 megabytes
terabyte=1024 gigabytes
petabyte=1024 terabytes
exabyte=1024 petabyte
zettabyte=1024 exabyte
yottabyte=1024 zettabyte
xonabyte=1024 yottabyte
wekabyte=1024 xonabyte
vundabyte=1024 wekabyte
udabyte=1024 vundabyte
tredabyte=1024 udabyte
sortabyte=1024 tredabyte
rintabyte=1024 sortabyte
quexabyte=1024 rintabyte
peptabyte=1024 quexabyte
ochabyte=1024 peptabyte
nenabyte=1024 ochabyte
mingabyte=1024 nenabyte
lumabyte=1024 mingabyte
(?)byte=1024 lumabyte

An interesting note:

Everything after "yotta" hasn't been approved by any organization I know of.

I believe you can get kibibytes and similar which are plain 1000 increments.

Also apparently a crum is 2 bits (I am unable to confirm this however).

Python - a versatile high-level programming language that emphasizes clean syntax.

You are kidding right? That is my second least favourite programming language.

 

[Chad -]

^ Actually, Python is a pretty powerful, easy-to-use language, with a clear and English-like syntax. Though I experimented with it for months, and it wasn't as good as C/C++; not even near them.

More computer-related terms:

ASCII ─ is a character-encoding 'system' used by the computer to represent the English letters as 'number'. They only take up one byte, because the scheme holds 256 values, including 0.

UNICODE is a universal encoding scheme.

CPU speed is measured in MHz or GHz, and is mostly referred as clock speed.

There are multiple types of memory used by the PC, namely 4 types:

1. RAM
2. HDD
3. ROM (stores computer's BIOS settings)
4. Cache

A byte is 'made-up' of 8 bits; bits of 0s and 1s. Bits are magnetic particles found in almost all internal and external components. 0 is usually known as false/off and 1 as true/on.

BIOS or Basic Input Output System is the basic and primary understanding of all of the computer's inner components. When the ROM is loaded, the BIOS kicks in.

 

[justinedemine]

UML is a most important terms of computer. UML is a standard notation for modeling real world objects as a first step in developing a methodology for object-oriented design.It has been promoted and is now an accepted standard of the Object Management Group.

 

[hanoxsilli]

Hello friends,
Its really cool topic about the computers.
I think it will be very helpful to everyone who is new to the computer field and also experience person of computer field.
Thanks, for sharing this you all guys.

 

[bigplrbear]

Pointer- in programming terms, it's a device used to 'point', and reference, to a specific location in the computers memory

For the non-programmers amongst us-

Trainer Joey says 'Shorts are comfterable and easy to wear!'.
The program is another trainer, asking a third trainer, 'what did he say?'
A pointer is the third trainer, pointing at trainer Joey saying 'HE likes shorts because they're easy and comfterable to wear'

 

[Morgnarok]

The Amd In AMD stands for what ?Anyone happen to know.