IntroTechPS


 * Watch and listen to the video clips at Introduction to Technology **
 * List of Words to Know: **


 * 1) hardware
 * 2) computer
 * 3) input
 * 4) output
 * 5) process
 * 6) CPU
 * 7) ROM
 * 8) RAM
 * 9) storage unit
 * 10) software
 * 11) programming
 * 12) computer operating system
 * 13) browser
 * 14) browser window
 * 15) browser tabs
 * 16) **network-**a system of lines, wires, etc., that are connected to each other
 * 17) **server-**the main computer in a network which provides files and services that are used by the other computers
 * 18) **node-**a place where lines in a network cross or meet
 * 19) **internet-**an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world
 * 20) **URL-**the letters and symbols that are the address of a Web site
 * 21) **web address**-a specific character string that constitutes a reference to a resource.
 * 22) **web page**-a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web.
 * 23) **LAN**- A local area network (LAN) is a computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area such as a home, school, computer laboratory, or office building, using network media.
 * 24) **wireless-**not using wires to send and receive electronic signals : sending and receiving electronic signals by using radio waves
 * 25) **cloud computing-**the practice of storing regularly used computer data on multiple servers that can be accessed through the Internet