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Message Rules: Rules that you can set in Outlook Express to filter your email messages.
Motherboard: The central circuit board that provides electrical connections so the other components of a computer can communicate with each other. It is the main part to a computer. Everything is connected to it.
Organic Search: Search results in a search engine that that come up naturally and are not paid advertisements. For example if you search for "computer tips" in Google you will see this website in the top 10 results.
OS: (Operating System) Is the main program that runs your
computer. Windows is probably the most popular.
OSK: On screen keyboard. Windows has a built in OSK. You can type
OSK in the run command window and it will appear. Page Impressions: This can also be known as Page Hits or Page Views. This measures the number of times a webpage is visited. This is also a broad term and can be further categorized into unique visitors and page loads.
Peripherals: Peripherals are those pieces of hardware that you add on to your computer. For
example a mouse, keyboard, modem, monitor, etc.
PCI: (peripheral component interconnect) These
are slots on the motherboard, usually white, where you can add
cards onto your computer. You can add soundcards, internal
modems, TV cards, and more...
Power Supply: This is a
component of the computer that supplies power to all of the other components.
You plug power into the back of the computer.
Print Screen (Key): The key
between the letters and the keypad labelled "Prt Sc/Sys Rq". Commonly used to take photographs of the screen.
Partition: When you divide your hard drive into parts, each
section of data is called a partition. A hard drive must have at least one
partition on it for Windows to be installed.
Remote Desktop: This feature enables you to connect to your computer across the Internet from virtually any computer anywhere. You need to know your computers IP address and its password and username.
Registry: This is where the very important settings for your computer are stored. This includes software serial numbers and passwords, email settings and accounts and a lot more information.
Safe mode: When you computer is started in safe mode the computer loads only the files necessary to run the basic Windows services. It is the NO-frills version of Windows, which allows you to diagnose problems by process of elimination.
Screenshot: A photograph of a computer screen or a portion of it. Screen Resolution: It refers to the amount of pixels (little coloured dots) you have on your screen. The most popular resolution nowadays is 1024x768. That suits a 17 inch monitor perfectly. If you set your screen resolution to 800x600 the writing will be bigger and easier to see.
SEO: Search Engine Optimization. The art of optimizing your web site for the search engines.
Shareware: Shareware is a software program that you can download or try for free, usually for a set trial period. After that time is up you can buy the software program to continue using it. A lot of software is sold this way as the user gets attached to using the program and ends up buying it.
Snail mail:
Normal postal mail, where an actual physical letter or package is delivered. The
term didn't exist until electronic mail (e-mail) came along.
Software: Refers to all of
the programs on your computer. Software helps you get things achieved, like
writing letters, sending emails, and surfing the internet.
System Properties Box Contains information about your computer.
What speed is your processor, how much memory you have,
automatic updates settings,
T
Task Bar: The Blue (default colour)
bar with the start button on one end and the time on the opposite
Task Manager: A program (taskman.exe) in which you can view all running programs and services.
The Trojan computer virus named so after the Trojan Horse of mythology. It does the same thing. It slyly gets into your computer and releases its soldiers when you least expect it.
Tweak: To make small changes that fine-tune a piece of software or hardware. There are
many programs that help you do this. For example XP tools, Tweak u, Ashampoo.
URL: Universal Resource Locator is the global address of a web page or document. Domain names are used in URL's. This URL is http://www.tips4pc.com.
Virus: A man made file that infects a computer in order to sabotage its files.
W
Wallpaper:
The monitor
pattern or picture or other graphic representation that forms the background
onto which all the icons, menus and other elements of the operating system are
displayed.
Web Server:
A computer that holds a web page and makes it available on the internet.
Web Host:
A web server that hosts web site space
on the internet to companies or individuals.
Basically you pay a web server to use their space to host your website. When a
visitor requests a webpage from that site, the request will be sent to the web
server that is hosting the site. Wireless router: The router converts the signals coming across your Internet connection into a wireless broadcast, sort of like a cordless phone base station.
Youtube: Worlds largest video sharing website. Free to join, upload, and watch.
Yahoo:
A
global internet services company. It operates an Internet portal and provides a
full range of products including email, search, chat, and more…
Zip: a zip file is a compressed file that may contain one or more files compressed into it for better storage. Compressing a file makes it smaller in size and therefore takes up less space. It is like a storage box. You can unzip or unpack the zip file to see the contents of it. Zip files can be compressed or decompressed using a computer program like Winzip or Winrar.
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