6th Grade Technology Terms

Tiny picture on the screen.

Part of the internet.  It has linked pages with pictures, sounds, videos, and text.

An extra copy of a file

Get a file from another computer across another line.

A software program you use to explore the web such as Internet Explorer or Firefox

The SMALLEST unit of information storage

Portable diskette (not used very often anymore)

The most important part of the computer.  A chip also known as the processor.

Temporary storage on chips

Communicate with someone by typing rather than talking

Millions of computers around the world connected together by a network of networks

The parts of the computer that you can touch

Tiny dot of light on the screen

Digitizes pictures

The programs that run on a computer

8 bits

Where a column and a row intersect

A kind of memory that holds files while you are using them

A device that connects a computer to a network via a telephone line

Tiny piece of silicon with electronic circuits

Line or shape that shows where the next character will go

Document that puts data in rows and columns

A bundle of computer wires

A way of counting using 0 and 1

Website address