Terms #12

Terms #12

1. Encryption- Refers to a file that has been scrambled and can only be opened by someone with the correct decoding key. Usually only confidential data is encrypted. Encryption is often used with wireless networks.

2. QWERTY- Refers to a standard US computer keyboard. The name comes from the first six letters of a standard keyboard. The dvorak computer also exists.

3. Flash (video)- A method of incorporating animations and interactive conentent onto websites. It is web-bandwith friendly, and is also used for gaming and videos.

4. Tether (tethering)- A mobile device used as an internet gateway or an access point. 

5. Fragmentation- A phenominon in which computer storage space is used inefficiantly. It beraks down files into little chunks and stores them in different ares of the hard drive.

6. Frame (in HTML)- An HMTL frame is basically many webpages built itno one via an HTML frame. Allows you too scroll down within in a text box, indepent of the whole webpage.

7. HDD- Stands for Hard disc drive, a method of random access memory.
8. Hibernate- Used by some windows computers, it combines a computer's sleep mode and powering off into one efficient mode. While the computer is completely turned off, the memory of what the computer was doing right before being powered off is retrieved from the RAM immediately.
9. Somehint found while searching. e.g., a search for "dog" may have 3,000,000 hits. Can also refer to the amounst a person viewed a web page.
10. Hot Spot- Exact spot of a pointer that must touch an object in order for the link to be enabled. Usually it refers to a WiFi hotspot, or if your computer is in an area where wireless internet access is available.