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Trevor Smith

Professor Austin
11-07-16
UIS 350 Technology for Teachers

Key words in technology: Vocabulary


flashcards

Basic
Connections:

Network

A group of devices linked together in


order to create an easier exchange of
information. The Internet is the most
common example of a network.

Internet

A massive computer network used to


save massive amounts of data through
text, images, audio, and other formats,
while also connecting people across
the world for social, informative,
economic, or entertainment purposes.

Ethernet

A wire-based system which forms a


local area network (LAN) by
connecting multiple computer systems
unto a single system of transmission.

Intranet

A network of computers connected


online, but only accessible within a
local or private community. Essentially,
a miniature version of the Internet which
can be established in order to keep
information private and confidential.

WWW

World Wide Web. By far the most


commonly accessed Internet service.
The World Wide Web allows people to
access the information stored on the
Internet from their own servers.

Browser

A software used to view the content of


online Internet networks. These
browsers display text, graphics, and
sound. Examples include Google
Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Internet
Explorer.

Router

A computer designed specifically to


connect local area networks (LANs) to
wide area networks (WANs).

Online

The state of a computer being


connected to one or more other
computers in such a way as to transfer
information, communication, settings,
and other data.

Information:

Data

A collection of concrete information


accessible for reference, analysis, and
summary. The Internet is known for its
awesome stores of data.

Metadata

Data about data. This is the storage of


information about particular data.
Metadata stores data in a database
where it may be retrieved in an
accessible and efficient manner.

Datacasting

A wide-spread broadcasting of data to


a large region and/or audience.

Pull Technology

Technology placed in an accessible


location online, where people may
access using software to find the
information, then pull it down at their
own discretion.

Push Technology

Information sent over online services,


directly to users computers. This
information is pushed from a
centralized database, onto individual
devices

Security:

Cracker

An individual who attempts to break


into other peoples computers, usually
over the Internet, hoping to access
personal or valuable information.

Hacker

While crackers break software down,


hackers build software up. They can use
these skills for legal, often vocational
purposes, or they can build software meant
to infiltrate other peoples computers,
retrieve encrypted data, and/or cause
computers to do things which they were not
designed to do.

Encryption

The use of a specific algorithm in


order to encode information. This
protect sensitive data from casual
observers or, depending on the level of
encryption hackers and crackers.

Virus

A computer program which will install


itself onto a computer without the
user/owners knowledge. These programs
will attach themselves to files running on
the host computer, then attempt to copy
themselves and spread to other
computers.

Firewall

A software meant to block potentially


threatening software and programs
installed by hackers and crackers.

Language:

Computer
Program

The language interpretable by


computers. Computer programs are
written in specific sequences in order
to give the computer instructions.
Javascript is an example of a computer
program.

Binary

A form of linguistics, used primarily in


computing, in which the language is
written completely within the notion of
the number 2. Everything is presented
as a choice of either 1 or 0, often
sequencing many of these choices
together in order to achieve a specific
choice.

Bit

The basic unit used to measure a


networks bandwidth.

Byte

8 bits. Bytes are used more commonly


to describe storage. They are
multiplications of two, because bytes
are written in binary.

Pixel

A unit of colored dots from which an


image is constructed. Higher
numbers of pixels will lead to a more
detailed and clear image

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