Useful term in Technology From F to L - Study Material for Various departmental Examination

FAQ	Frequently asked question
Fatal Error	An error in a computer  program which causes running of the program to be terminated
FDDI	Fiber optic digital device interface
Fetch	The locating and loading an item of data from storage
Field length	The Number of columns , characters or bits in a specific field
Function key	A key  on keyboard  to control  mechanical function , initiates a specific computer operation
Garbage	A meaningless data
Gateway	Interface between two wide networks
GIF	Graphics Interchange format
Gigabyte	It is a measurement unit more or less equal, to  one billion bytes
Glossary	Processing of program
Gopher	Successful method of making menus of  material  available over the internet
GUI	Graphic user interface
Hacker	A cyber thief who makes unauthorized access to a computer
Hard copy	Computer output to form  a permanent record
Home page	The most important page of website of a person or an institution
HTML	Hyper text markup language
HTTP	Hyper Text Transport Protocol
Hypertext	System for viewing information on a computer screen in non serial manner
IRC	Internet Relay Chart
ISP	Internet Service Providers
IC	Integrated Circuit
Infobann	Word equal to that of Cyber space
Infonesia	Information got from computer cannot be remembered
Infosurfing	The mode in which we collect maximum information within a short span of time
Input	The information that is delivered to a data processing device from the external world
Install	The process of copying a software to the hard disk Of a computer
Intel	Largest  manufacturer  of microprocessors and semiconductor in the world
Internet Explorer	A Browser software of Microsoft Company
IOC	Input/output Controller
ISDN	Integrated service digital network
Iterate	The repetition of a command  or program statement
JOVIAL	A procedure oriented language derived from ALGOL
Joystick	Physical device that signals to a computer the direction and extent of displacement of handled lever
Junk Mail	An Unnecessary e –mail  without  any significance
KBPS	The number of bytes exchanged in a second
Kerning	The design  of the graphic letters so as to spread to  the character  boxes
Kludge	A purely designed data processing system composed of Ill fitting mismatched components
Latency	Waiting time between the order to read/write some information
LCD	Liquid Crystal Display
Line Printing	The printing of an entire line of character as a unit
Link	To establish a connection between two files or data  items
LISP	An interpretive language developed for manipulating lists of data items
Logic	The basic principles and applications of  truth tables inter connections of on/off circuit elements
Logo	A high level  programming  language suited  for teaching basic programming concepts to children
Lurk	Reading  a news group or mailing list
LPM	Lines per minute
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