Computer Glossary

Flash Memory

BleepingComputer.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:39:27 EST

Flash memory is a non-mechanical storage device that allows you store persistent data even when the memory device is not receiving power. Flash memory is commonly used in memory cards for cameras and video recording devices and is used by Solid State Drives to store your data.

Solid State Drive

BleepingComputer.com — Mon, 02 Mar 2015 12:36:24 EST

Sold State Drives, or SSD drives, are storage devices that do not use any movable parts and consist of flash memory that stores your data. Due to the speed of accessing data from memory, rather than searching for it on a mechanical device, SSD drives perform faster than their mechanical hard disk drive counterparts.

URL

BleepingComputer.com — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:48:33 EST

Uniform Resource Locator. Also known as a Web or Internet address.

Cable modem

BleepingComputer.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:43:55 EDT

A device for transmiting and receiving digital information among computers. This communication device is quite similar to a modem (see definition) in that it has the same purpose of to deliver information between two or more modems. Yet here it is using the cable television system of wiring (cables) as opposed to the telephone lines. This information system is called broadband, for it uses a wide range of frequencies,

Modem

BleepingComputer.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 22:33:27 EDT

MOdulator-DEModulator.... A communication device that modulates (varies ,changes or alters) analog signal for encoding digital data. Transmitting it,it then demodulates (decodes)that data. In other words it takes digital information (from the computer)and changes (modulates) it to analog for communication with the wire system of the telephone lines. It then at the next modem changes(demodulates) it back to a digital signal to complet the transmission. Also see cable modem.

MUI

BleepingComputer.com — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 08:35:57 EDT

MUI is an acronym that means Mulilingual User Interface. It enables a multilingual user to operate programs in a language of their own choosing.

API

BleepingComputer.com — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 08:14:44 EST

Application Programming Interface

Windows Clipboard

BleepingComputer.com — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:31:36 EST

The Windows clipboard is a program that allows you to copy data from one application and then paste it into another one. This is done using the Control-C keys to copy and the Control-V keys to paste.

Domain Name System

BleepingComputer.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Domain Name System is the system used on the Internet for mapping of names, such as www.google.com, to IP Addresses such as 216.239.51.99.

In many ways you can compare it to a phonebook. If you need to make a phone call to someone you can look up their name and then you are given a number that corresponds to that name.

In the same respect when you want to visit a website or send an email, you enter the easier to remember hostname, such as www.google.com, and not the harder to remember IP Address. The Domain Name System then takes this name, and converts it into the IP Address equivalent. This information is then sent back to your computer, and computer initiates the connection directly with that IP Address.

Warez

BleepingComputer.com — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 EST

Warez are copyrighted software that is illegaly transmitted through the Internet or through other means.

The term Warez is derived from the word software.