Tech Vocabulary

What is technology?

• Machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge

• Data that is stored with a memory card

• The pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural world

• An input system

A computer program with a graphical user interface for displaying and navigating between web pages

• Website

• Technology

• Browser

• Cookies

What is a database?

• Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

• An organized collection of structured information, or data, typically stored electronically in a computer system

• A hypertext document on the World Wide Web

• A display screen that provides visual output from a computer

A fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data

• Hard drive

• Software

• Input / Output Devices

• Monitor

The physical components that a computer system requires to function

• Software

• Mouse

• Memory Card

• Hardware

What is a network?

• An organized collection of structured information, or data

• A physical device capable of storing information temporarily

• Two or more computers that are linked to communicate

• A set of instructions that directs a computer's hardware to perform a task

What is software?

• A set of instructions that directs a computer's hardware to perform a task

• The physical components that a computer system requires to function

• Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis

• Handheld hardware input device that controls a cursor

A computer or system that provides resources, data, services, or programs to other computers

• Internet

• Browser

• Database

• Server