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Data representation

• data structures
  • binary tree
  • child node
  • descendant
  • dimension (1)
  • element (1)
  • first in, first out (FIFO) (1)
  • hash table
  • last in, first out (LIFO) (1)
  • linked list
  • list
  • node
  • one-dimensional array (1)
  • ordered list
  • parent node
  • pointer
  • pop
  • pull
  • push
  • queue
  • stack
  • three-dimensional array
  • tree
  • two-dimensional array
  • last in, first out (LIFO) (2)
  • one-dimensional array (2)
  • first in, first out (FIFO) (2)
  • element (2)
  • dimension (2)
  • array (2)
  • date data

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General

• user interface
  • cancel
  • check box
  • command line interface
  • control panel
  • cursor
  • desktop
  • dialogue box
  • front end
  • graphical user interface (GUI)
  • human-computer interface (HCI)
  • interface
  • list box
  • natural language interface
  • prompt
  • radio button
  • scroll bar
  • status bar
  • toolbar
  • toolbox
  • usability
  • user friendly
  • user interface
  • view
  • user environment
  • wallpaper
  • go
  • window
• units
  • byte
  • capacity
  • gigabyte
  • kilobyte
  • megabyte
  • megahertz
  • millions of instructions per second (MIPS)
  • baud
  • baud rate
  • bits per second (bps)
• start up and shut down
  • down time
  • freeze
  • hang
  • ready
  • reboot
  • reset
  • restart
  • shutdown
  • stand by
• settings
  • configure
  • contrast (1)
  • customise
  • default
  • default settings
  • global change
  • options
  • page setup
  • settings
  • contrast (2)
• searching
  • find (or search)
  • find and replace
  • fuzzy logic
  • hit
  • keyword
  • replace
  • search
  • search criteria
  • search results
  • search routine
  • wildcard
  • advanced search
• people
  • computer operator
  • data processing manager
  • developer
  • facilitator
  • hacker
  • help desk
  • information manager
  • lurker
  • member
  • moderator
  • network manager
  • programmer
  • support
  • sysop
  • systems analyst
  • systems programmer
  • technician
  • user (1)
  • user group
  • web developer
  • web master
  • pirate
  • database manager
  • user (2)
• other
  • automatic
  • compatible (1)
  • connect
  • disable
  • enable
  • error
  • face to face
  • height
  • incompatible
  • information and communications technology (ICT)
  • information and learning technology (ILT)
  • information technology (IT)
  • interoperability
  • log
  • log file
  • manual
  • optimise
  • resolve
  • solution
  • standard
  • status
  • toggle
  • width
  • backward compatible
  • computer platform
  • media
  • platform
  • sequence
  • compatible (2)
• numbering systems and numbers
  • binary
  • binary representation
  • decimal
  • decimal point
  • decrement
  • evaluate
  • floating-point numbers
  • fraction
  • HEX
  • hexadecimal
  • increment
  • integer
  • long integer
  • octal
  • random
  • real numbers
  • rounding
  • digit
  • number base
  • numeric overflow
• navigation
  • hot key
  • icon
  • keyboard shortcut
  • menu (1)
  • menu bar
  • pull-down menu
  • shortcut
  • task bar
  • tab (2)
  • menu (2)
• mouse operations
  • double click
  • mouse event
  • mouse pointer
  • pointer
  • right click
  • select
• licensing
  • licence
  • multi-user licence
  • Open Source Software (OSS)
  • public domain software
  • single-user licence
  • site licence
  • software licence
  • shareware
• legislation
  • copyright
  • Data Protection Act
  • data subject
  • data user
• help
  • error message
• health and safety
  • ergonomics
  • mouse mat
  • Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) (1)
  • wrist rest
  • Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) (2)
• formatting
  • body text
  • bullet
  • bullet points
  • centred
  • double spacing
  • format
  • highlight
  • justification
  • layout
  • line break
  • line spacing
  • margin
  • numbered list
  • paragraph
  • single spacing
  • style
  • style sheet
  • template
  • underline
  • indent
  • outdent
  • white space
• editing
  • cut and paste
  • delete
  • drag and drop
  • paste
  • preview
  • print preview
  • redo
  • select
  • select all
  • tab (1)
  • undo
  • WYSIWYG (1)
  • autocomplete
  • insert
  • paste special
  • ruler
  • edit
  • editing
  • WYSIWYG (2)
• windows
  • clipboard
  • close window
  • maximise
  • minimise
  • open in new window
  • resize
  • scroll
  • slider bar
  • split window
  • window

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Hardware

• printing
  • dots per inch (dpi)
  • hard copy
  • paper size
  • print
  • printer font
  • printer resolution
  • printout
  • resolution
  • continuous stationery
  • draft
  • pre-printed stationery
• printer hardware
  • drum
  • feed
  • graphics plotter
  • ink cartridge
  • inkjet printer
  • laser printer
  • monochrome printer
  • network printer
  • plotter
  • print buffer
  • print cartridge
  • print head
  • printer
  • toner
  • cut sheet feeder
  • friction feed
  • line feed
  • page feed
  • pin feed
  • sheet feeder
  • tractor feed
• output
  • interactive whiteboard
  • webcam
  • data projector
  • headphones
  • headset
  • speakers
  • speech synthesiser
  • terminal
  • voice synthesis
  • output device
• monitor
  • CRT monitor
  • display
  • flat screen
  • liquid crystal display (LCD) screen
  • low resolution
  • monitor
  • pixel
  • plasma screen
  • refresh rate
  • RGB
  • screen
  • screen refresh
  • thin film transistor (TFT)
  • touchscreen
  • vector graphics
  • video graphics array (VGA)
  • visual display unit (VDU)
  • resolution
• memory
  • cache
  • dynamic memory
  • immediate access store
  • keyboard buffer
  • location
  • memory
  • memory management unit (MMU)
  • physical address
  • random access memory (RAM)
  • read-only memory (ROM)
  • static memory
  • static RAM
  • store
  • video RAM (VRAM)
  • virtual memory
  • volatile memory
  • working store
  • print buffer
  • memory refresh
• logic gates
  • gate
  • logic gate
  • NOR gate
  • NOT gate
  • OR gate
• keyboard
  • arrow key
  • caps lock
  • control key
  • control, alt, delete
  • ctrl key
  • cursor control key
  • delete key
  • enter
  • esc key
  • escape
  • function key
  • key
  • keyboard
  • numeric keypad
  • page down
  • page up
  • return
  • shift key
  • spacebar
  • tab key
• interfaces and buses
  • expansion slot
  • motherboard
  • slot
  • small computer systems interface (SCSI)
  • universal serial bus (USB)
  • USB port
  • video card
  • cradle
  • MIDI
• input
  • button
  • card reader
  • digital camera
  • electronic whiteboard
  • games console
  • graphics tablet
  • hand-held scanner
  • input device
  • interactive whiteboard
  • joystick
  • mouse
  • mouse button
  • scanner
  • stylus
  • trackerball
  • video camera
  • webcam
  • electronic point-of-sale terminal
  • touch pad
  • headset
  • terminal
• general terms
  • eject
  • hardware
  • original equipment manufacturer (OEM)
  • smart card
  • system crash
  • uninstall
  • upgrade
  • install
  • installation
• computer types
  • computer
  • desktop computer
  • fifth-generation computer
  • first-generation computer
  • fourth-generation computer
  • interactive computing
  • kiosk-type browser
  • laptop
  • Mac
  • mainframe
  • microcomputer
  • notebook
  • palmtop computer
  • Personal Computer (PC)
  • personal digital assistant (PDA) (1)
  • second-generation computer
  • tablet PC
  • third-generation computer
  • tower
  • multiprocessor
  • super-computer
  • personal digital assistant (PDA) (2)
• components
  • cable
  • chip
  • component
  • hard-wired
  • integrated circuit
  • light emitting diode (LED)
  • peripheral
  • printed circuit board (PCB)
  • redundancy
  • silicon chip
  • switch
  • latency
• storage
  • burn
  • CD drive
  • CD writer
  • CD-ROM
  • CD-RW
  • cylinder
  • Digital Versatile Disk (DVD)
  • disk
  • disk drive
  • disk pack
  • file allocation table (FAT)
  • floppy disk
  • fragmented
  • hard disk
  • hard drive
  • head crash
  • insert (disk) (1)
  • laser disk
  • memory stick
  • park
  • read/write head
  • sector
  • seek time
  • storage
  • storage medium
  • track
  • USB stick
  • write-once, read-many (WORM)
  • magnetic tape
  • space
  • zip drive
  • insert (disk) (2)
  • disk drive

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Internet/web

• web design
  • admin site
  • anchor
  • background
  • banner ad
  • cascading style sheet (CSS)
  • check box
  • content
  • content management system (CMS)
  • dummy text
  • form
  • frames
  • free text fields
  • hit counter
  • horizontal scrolling text
  • hover
  • mailto
  • pop-up
  • remote testing
  • rollover
  • table
  • ticker tape
  • unordered list (1)
  • vertical scrolling text
  • web authoring software
  • web authoring tool
  • web page
  • web site
  • web-safe colours
  • target
  • animated gif
  • text box
  • unordered list (2)
• searching
  • hit
  • hit rate
  • search engine
  • spider
• protocols and standards
  • internet message access protocol (IMAP)
  • metadata
  • multipurpose internet mail extensions (MIME)
  • network news transfer protocol (NNTP)
  • POP3
  • request for comment (RFC)
  • SMTP
  • World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
  • internet protocol (IP)
  • serial line internet protocol (SLIP)
  • file transfer protocol (FTP)
• navigation (browser)
  • address
  • back
  • bookmark
  • breadcrumb trail
  • browse
  • browser
  • clickable
  • favorites
  • forward
  • history
  • home page
  • home page
  • hot link
  • hot spot
  • hyperlink
  • image map
  • index page
  • link
  • navigate
  • pop-up menu
  • surf
  • uniform resource locator (URL)
  • hypertext
  • portal
  • tab
• infrastructure
  • broadband
  • dial-up
  • digital subscriber line (DSL)
  • DNS server
  • domain
  • domain name
  • domain name system (DNS)
  • internet service provider (ISP)
  • narrow band
  • resolve
  • top level domain (TLD)
  • web server
  • cache
  • mirror
  • point of presence (PoP)
  • unmetered internet access
• general terms
  • cyberspace
  • e-commerce
  • frequently asked questions (FAQ)
  • information superhighway
  • internet
  • net
  • online shopping
  • ping
  • plug-in
  • poll
  • RSS
  • web
  • web statistics
  • world wide web
  • feed
  • push
  • www
• mailing lists
  • cross posting
  • digest
  • email notification
  • flame
  • mailing list
  • reject (a mailing list posting)
  • subscribe
  • subscribe
  • unsubscribe
  • list server
• email
  • (you) email (me)
  • @ (at)
  • address
  • address book
  • attach
  • attachment
  • bounce
  • cc
  • contacts
  • electronic mail
  • email
  • email account
  • email redirection
  • emoticon
  • filter
  • forward
  • inbox
  • junk mail
  • mailbox
  • outbox
  • redirect
  • reply
  • reply all
  • sent mail
  • sig file
  • snail mail
  • spam
  • spam filter
  • web-based email
  • bcc
  • mailbox
  • POP3
  • SMTP
  • mail server
• communications - other
  • blog
  • chat
  • chat room
  • internet relay chat (IRC)
  • internet telephony
  • MSN Messenger (MSN)
  • netiquette
  • podcasting
  • synchronous
  • telecommute
  • tele-conferencing
  • tele-working
  • three letter acronym (TLA)
  • video conferencing
  • vlog
  • webcasting
  • Wiki
• bulletin boards and forums
  • conferencing software
  • conversational mode
  • forum
  • moderation
  • newsgroup
  • post
  • thread
• web programming
  • alt tag
  • applet
  • attribute (html tags)
  • bot
  • common gateway interface (CGI)
  • cookie
  • dynamic hypertext mark-up language (DHTML)
  • embed
  • end tag
  • eXtensible Hypertext Markup Language (XHTML)
  • eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
  • frameset
  • HyperText Markup Language (HTML)
  • Java applet
  • JavaScript
  • mouseover
  • robot
  • server side includes (SSI)
  • start tag
  • tag
  • meta tag
  • client side

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Managing data

• file structure
  • file format
  • direct access
  • sequential access
  • sequential file
  • serial access
  • serial file
  • comma separated value (CSV) (2)
• files and folders
  • file
  • file attribute
  • file listing
  • file name
  • file name extension (1)
  • file type
  • file path
  • folder
  • nested folder
  • subdirectory
  • subfolder
  • file name extension (2)
• file operations
  • copy
  • data compression
  • download
  • edit
  • editing
  • export
  • extract
  • import
  • open
  • read
  • recycle bin
  • save
  • save as
  • store
  • trash
  • upload
  • wipe the disk
  • write
  • overwrite
  • read-only
  • rename
  • restore
  • write protect
• output
  • management information system (MIS)
  • matrix
  • output
  • report
  • report format
• processing
  • batch processing
  • data retrieval
  • electronic data interchange (EDI)
  • garbage in, garbage out (GIGO)
  • information processing
  • information retrieval
  • interactive processing
  • process
  • real-time
  • retrieve
  • schema
  • statistics
  • audit trail
  • master file
  • scratch file
  • scratch pad
  • transaction file
  • update
• validation and verification
  • cyclic redundancy check (CRC)
  • data integrity
  • format check
  • hash
  • inconsistent data
  • parity check
  • range check
  • unreasonable data
  • validation
  • verification
  • parity bit

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Multimedia

• general terms
  • fast forward
  • frame-by-frame
  • interactive media
  • media player
  • multimedia
  • pause
  • play
  • record
  • rewind
  • progressive download
  • parent process

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Networks and communications technology

• cabling
  • coaxial cable
  • fibre optic cable
  • network cable
  • optical fibre
  • twisted pair
• data transmission
  • bandwidth
  • baud
  • baud rate
  • bits per second (bps)
  • broadcast
  • connection speed
  • contention ratio
  • data transmission
  • digital
  • duplex
  • echo
  • full duplex
  • half duplex
  • packet switching system (PSS)
  • signal
  • simplex
  • latency
  • noise
  • parallel data transmission
  • serial data transmission
• hardware
  • converter
  • fax
  • file server
  • host
  • modem
  • network card
  • network interface card (NIC)
  • router
  • station
  • backbone
  • cable modem
  • client
  • fax modem
  • hub
• LAN/WAN
  • intranet
  • local
  • local area network (LAN) (1)
  • remote
  • remote access
  • server
  • wide area network (WAN)
  • local area network (LAN) (2)
• protocols and standards
  • handshake
  • integrated services digital network (ISDN)
  • internet protocol (IP)
  • IP address
  • IP number
  • point-to-point protocol (PPP)
  • secure socket layer (SSL)
  • serial line internet protocol (SLIP)
  • short message service (SMS)
  • simple object access protocol (SOAP)
  • transmission control protocol (TCP)
  • transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP)
  • voice over internet protocol (VoIP)
  • wifi
  • wireless application protocol (WAP)
  • communications protocol
  • protocol
• topology
  • cluster
  • network topology
  • ring network
  • star network
  • peer-to-peer network
• wireless
  • wireless application protocol (WAP)
  • Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth headset
  • hot spot
  • wireless
  • wireless access point
  • wireless card
  • wireless local area network
  • wireless router
  • infra-red communication

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Programming

• variables
  • assign
  • clear variables
  • declare a variable
  • dummy variable
  • dynamic variable
  • environment variable
  • flag
  • global variable
  • identifier
  • initialise
  • local variable
  • reset
  • scope
  • set
  • static variable
  • string
  • string data
  • unset
  • value
  • variable
  • reset
• testing and debugging
  • beta test
  • beta version
  • break point
  • bug
  • debug
  • single stepping
  • step mode
  • test data
  • troubleshoot
• running programs
  • execute
  • load
  • quit
  • run
  • run-time
  • run-time error
• symbols
  • - (hyphen, dash)
  • - (minus)
  • ! (exclamation mark)
  • # (hash) (1)
  • $ (dollar)
  • & (ampersand)
  • && (ampersand, ampersand)
  • ( (opening bracket)
  • ) (closing bracket)
  • * (asterisk)
  • . (decimal point, full stop)
  • / (forward slash)
  • : (colon) (2)
  • ; (semicolon)
  • [ (opening square bracket)
  • \ (back slash)
  • ] (closing square bracket)
  • ^ (caret)
  • { (Opening curly bracket)
  • | (pipe)
  • | (Vertical bar)
  • } (Closing curly bracket)
  • ~ (tilde)
  • + (plus) (1)
  • ++ (plus, plus)
  • < (less than)
  • <> (not equal to)
  • = (equals) (1)
  • == (equals, equals)
  • > (greater than)
  • # (hash) (2)
  • : (colon) (1)
  • + (plus) (2)
  • = (equals) (2)
• procedural programming
  • jump (1)
  • jump (2)
• operators
  • arithmetic operator
  • binary operator
  • bitwise operator
  • Boolean
  • Boolean field
  • Boolean operator
  • comparison operator
  • logical operator
  • NAND
  • NOR
  • NOT
  • operand
  • operator
  • OR
  • relational operator
  • string operator
  • truth table
  • unary operator
  • XOR
  • Boolean algebra
• object oriented programming
  • object
  • object oriented languages
  • object oriented programming (OOP)
• notation
  • infix notation
  • postfix notation
  • prefix notation
  • Reverse Polish Notation
• languages and commands
  • catch (an exception)
  • clear (screen)
  • command
  • comment
  • comment a program
  • file handling
  • file operations
  • FOR loop
  • fourth-generation language
  • high-level language
  • IF statement
  • Java
  • keyword
  • language
  • Logo
  • low-level language
  • machine code
  • mnemonic
  • page description language
  • procedural language
  • program
  • programming language
  • query language
  • script
  • third-generation language
  • throw
  • WHILE loop
  • select
  • Structured Query Language (SQL)
  • reserved word
• functions, procedures, routines
  • argument
  • call
  • exit
  • formal parameter
  • function
  • parameter
  • parameter passing
  • procedure
  • recursion
  • return
  • subprogram
• design
  • integrate
  • Jackson Structured Programming (JSP)
  • modular design
  • stepwise refinement
  • structured programming
  • top-down programming
• data types
  • char
  • character data
  • constant
  • data type
  • float type
  • integer type
  • literal
  • numeric data type
  • numeric field type
  • numeric type
  • real type
  • user-defined data type
  • variable type
  • Boolean field
  • branch
  • user preferences
• writing programs
  • application program interface (API)
  • concatenation
  • condition
  • end of file (EOF) character
  • error trap
  • event
  • infinite loop
  • instruction
  • interrupt
  • invoke
  • iteration
  • label
  • logic
  • logical error
  • loop
  • module
  • nested loop
  • parsing
  • program code
  • programming
  • pseudo-code
  • rogue value
  • statement
  • syntax
  • syntax error
  • terminator
  • version
  • binary search
  • patch
  • true
  • false

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Security

• encryption
  • decode
  • decryption
  • encode
  • encryption
  • encryption key
  • key
  • password protection
• general terms
  • secure socket layer (SSL)
  • corruption
  • data security
  • dongle
  • firewall
  • hacking
  • protection
  • proxy server
  • security
• users
  • authentification
  • log off
  • log on
  • login
  • login
  • login account
  • logout
  • password
  • PIN
  • user group
  • user name
• viruses
  • virus definitions
  • detect a virus
  • disinfect
  • infection
  • logic bomb
  • parasitic virus
  • quarantine
  • report
  • scan for viruses
  • spyware
  • Trojan horse
  • virus
  • virus check
  • worm

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Software

• utilities and tools
  • agent
  • spider
  • bot
  • robot
  • file transfer protocol (FTP)
  • self extracting archive
  • tool
  • utility
  • wizard
  • zip
  • screen saver
• types
  • application
  • package
  • proprietary
• systems software
  • boot
  • boot file
  • job
  • job control language
  • job queue
  • print job
  • print queue
  • print spooler
  • systems software
• spreadsheets
  • bar chart
  • cell
  • chart
  • column
  • formula
  • function
  • graph
  • grid
  • gridline
  • histogram
  • legend
  • look-up table
  • pie chart
  • relative reference
  • row
  • scatter graph
  • sheet
  • sort
  • sort ascending
  • sort descending
  • split
  • spreadsheet
  • sum
  • workbook
  • worksheet
  • replication
  • comment box
• presentation
  • fade
  • presentation
  • slide
  • slide master
  • slideshow presentation
  • transition
  • transitional effect
  • outline view
• other applications
  • search engine
  • web authoring software
  • web authoring tool
  • artificial intelligence (AI)