Application

• A program on a computer or other assorted desktop, laptop, and handheld interactive technological devices.

• “Man, everybody got that new application Angry Birds. I wish I had me some Angry Birds”

• A synonym would be a “game”. • An antonym would be a “file”

Bit

• A Bit is a binary unit. Which is the smallest unit of data a computer can process.

• “This game console has a low bit ratio”.• A synonym would be “simple data”.• An antonym would be “deleted data”.

Hardware

• Any Physical part of the computer.• “I’m using hardware to type this in right now.”• A synonym would be any other physical part

of the computer, ex. “monitor, computer tower, motherboard, etc.”

• An antonym would be “software”.

Software

• Non-physical components of a computer.• “I’m currently using a software called

Microsoft Office.”• A synonym would be any program or

application you can use on a computer, ex. “Internet Explorer, Microsoft Word, etc.”

• An antonym would be “Hardware”

Font

• The style in which the letters and numbers you type appear.

• “The most common font used in the professional world is Times New Roman.”

• A synonym would be “word-style”• An antonym would be “cursive”

Nomophobia

• The fear of not having your cellphone with you.

• “People nowadays must have nomophobia.”• A synonym would be “adolescence”• An antonym would be “telephonophobia”

Backup

• Copy or duplicate of a file in case something happens to the original.

• “My computer crashed good thing I backed up the files.”

• A synonym would be “duplicate”• An antonym would be “nothing”

Download

• To import data from a specified source to your computer.

• “I been downloading songs from iTunes all day”

• A synonym would be “import”• An antonym would be ”upload”

File

• A virtual storage of a specified data.• “I have to delete a bunch of files”• A synonym would be “data collection”• An antonym would be “*CORRUPTED DATA”

Search Engine

• An archive of stored online information.• “Google is a popular search engine”• A synonym would be “Google”• An antonym would be “website”

Port

• “docking bay” for mostly USB drives and other data storage device.

• “hey, put the USB drive in that port”• A synonym would be “jack”• An antonym would be “plug”

Byte

• 8 bits, second smallest unit of data.• “how many bytes is a terabyte?”• A synonym would be “data”• An antonym would be “deleted data”

Freeze

• When the computer locks up, disallowing you to further use it unless you restart the computer.

• “Get off all those websites, my computer is gonna freeze”

• A synonym would be “locked-up”• An antonym would be “working properly”

Icon

• Usually a small image depicting or related to the link or page it directs you to when you click it.

• “Click that icon to get to the website.”• A synonym would be “symbol”• An antonym would be “cursor”

Cursor

• The small arrow symbol indicating where the mouse is “pointing”

• “move the cursor over that blue link and click it”

• A synonym would be “the mouse”• An antonym would be “icon”