It is important to have present the words or terms that we handle every day at the time of beginning to work opposite to a computer
Sometimes we mention them and we do not even think that really they have a meaning.

Next you will be able to do a revision of some words that appear in the dictionaries of computation.

Direct access: it is an icon that allows to open more easily a certain program or file.

Acrobat Reader: program of Adobe that allows to capture documents and to see them in his original appearance. Acrobat works with files PDF.

I enclose: It is called this way to a file of information (for example a chart of calculation or a letter of processor of texts) sent along with a message of e-mail.

Byte: unit of information used by the computers. Every byte is composed by eight bits.

Cable - modem: modem that connects a computer with Internet at high speed, by means of a line of TV for cable.

Chat: he chats. Service of

CPU: Head office Processing Unit. Central unit of prosecution. It is the processor that contains the logical circuits that realize the instructions of the computer.

Encrypt: to protect files expressing his content in a coded language. The coded simple languages consist, for example, of the replacement of lettering for numbers.

Firewall: A computer that covers a special software used to prepare the access of users not authorized to the network. All the traffic of the network must happen first across the computer of the firewall.

Hardware: all the physical components of the computer and his peripheral ones.Hosting: accommodation. Service offered by some providers, who offer to his clients (individuals or companies) a space in his servant to lodge a web site.
Interface: Element of transition or connection that facilitates the exchange of information. The keyboard, for example, is an interface between the user and the computer.

Jpg: extension of certain graphic files.

RAM: Random Acces Memory: Random access memory. Memory where the computer stores information that allow him the processor to gain access rapidly to the operating system, the applications and the information in use. It has narrow relation with the speed of the computer. It measures itself in megabytes.

Network: in technology of the information, a network is a set of two or more interconnected computers.

Switch: A device of network capable of realizing a series of tasks of administration, including the redireccionamiento of the information.

USB (Universal Serial Bus): it is an interface of type plug and play between a computer and certain devices, for example, keyboards, phones, escáners and printers.

Virus: small program that 'infects' a computer; it can cause undesirable effects and up to irreparable damages.

WinZip: program of Windows that allows to compress files.
Zip: format of compression of files.