ITGS Vocabulary Key Terms
From WLCS
Contents
- 1 Objectives:
- 2 Social & Ethical Issues
- 3 Hardware
- 4 Networks
- 5 Software fundamentals
- 6 Databases and spreadsheets
- 7 Word processing and desktop publishing
- 8 Images, sounds, and presentations
- 9 Modeling and simulation
- 10 Tutorials, training and wizards
- 11 The Internet
- 12 Personal and public communications
- 13 Robotics
- 14 Artificial intelligence and expert systems
Objectives:
- You must be able explain in your own words the following key terms.
- You should also be able to give an example of each term, as well as when and where each term is used.
Social & Ethical Issues
- reliability
- integrity
- security
- privacy and anonymity
- authenticity
- intellectual property
- equality of access
- control
- globalization and cultural diversity
- policies and standards
- people and machines
Hardware
- data
- information
- input devices
- output devices
- processing
- storage
- memory
- MHz
- dpi
- bit
- KB
- MB
- GB
- TB
- ASCII
- compatibility
- OCR
- OMR
- bar code
- baud
- encryption/decryption
- virus
- Trojan horse
- worm
- platform
- peripheral
Networks
Software fundamentals
- software (application)
- shareware
- public domain
- freeware
- commercial software
- user manual
- registration card
- serial number
- warranty
- copyright
- license
- compression/decompression
- back-up
- back door
- upload/download
- wizard
- GUI
- command-line interface
- voice recognition
Databases and spreadsheets
Word processing and desktop publishing
Images, sounds, and presentations
Modeling and simulation
Tutorials, training and wizards
The Internet
- Internet protocols (HTTP, FTP, TCP/IP)
- cookies
- listserv
- web cam
- Internet languages
- netiquette
- Intranet
- URL
- hyperlink
- bandwidth
- WWW
- browser
- search engine
