access ti
The time
acronyms
These for
applicati
An applic
ASCII
(American
baud rate
The amoun
bit
Binary di
boot
Short for
bug
See Crash
bulletin
A kind of
bus
a "data h
cache
see memor
CDROM
A Cd-Rom
cisc
see Risc
cpu
Central p
crash
Common te
DOS (Disk
Once the
DPI (Dots
Common me
DRAM
See memor
drivers
Pieces of
EIDE
see ide
EISA
Extended
Email (el
This is a
expansion
Circuit b
floppy di
Practical
fonts
Different
format
To prepar
graphics
An expans
GUI
Graphical
hard disk
Sometimes
hardware
The physi
HTML
Hypertext
IBM compa
Originall
IDE
Integrate
IRDA
Infra Red
ISA
Industry
ISDN
JPEG
See MPEG
KBit
See Bit
LAN
Local Are
local bus
PCI (peri
Macintosh
maths co-
A special
MBit
megabit (
MCA
memory
The term
modem
The word
monitor
Your comp
motherboa
The main
MPEG
A standar
network
A group o
operating
The opera
package
see appli
parallel
Used by y
PC Card
Formerly
PCI
(See Loca
PCMCIA
(See PC C
PDA
(Persona
pixel
Picture e
powerPC
This fami
processor
The chip
programs
public do
Software
QWERTY
The name
RAM
Random Ac
reboot
see boot
RTF
see rich
RISC
Reduced I
ROM
read-only
SCSI
Small Com
serial po
The seria
shareware
A way of
SIMM
(Single I
software
A generic
tape stre
Magnetic
UART
(Universa
V34,V32
ù V34, th
VESA
(See loca
VGA
Video Gra
VRAM
Windows
A GUI (Gr
Windows 3
16-bit op
Windows 9
Major imp
Windows N
Robust, f
WYSIWIG
An acrony
ZIF
Sockets u
ZIP
Better kn
Backward
Compatibi
Bios
Basic Inp
Drive con
Accelerat
A method
accelerat
A combina
Account
If you ar
Accountin
One of th
Acoustic
mouth and
Active wi
The secti
Adapter,
Card that
Add-on, a
An item o
Address
A number
Address b
List of o
A set of
Adobe Typ
Artificia
The desig
Algorithm
Align
To line u
Alt key
A key on
Analogue
A signal
Monitor t
Analogue-
ANSI
Stands fo
ANSI.SYS
allows pr
Animation
Anti-alia
A techniq
Anti-viru
API
Applet
Term used
Architect
The gener
Archive
To make a
Archive a
The archi
Argument
You will
Array
A list or
Arrow key
The set o
Arrow poi
When you
AT comman
AT-keyboa
The stand
Attachmen
A file wh
Attribute
DOS store
Audio fil
A file th
AVI
Audi Vide
Authoring
multimedi
AUTOEXEC.
One of tw
Backgroun
(1) A pic
Way of se
Backlit d
Notebook
Backup
A second,
Backup ag
Windows h
Backwards
A new com
Bad secto
A fault i
Banner pa
A page th
Base font
The font
Base hard
The minim
Base memo
In an IBM
BASIC
BAT or ba
The three
Battery m
In a note
Baud or b
A communi
Bay
The space
Benchmark
A gauge o
Beta soft
An early
Bezier cu
A geometr
Binary
The commo
Bitmap
Images an
Bitmapped
Blink
The way a
Block
A section
BMP
Bookmark
Boot disk
Disk cont
Border
The line
Bounding
A rectang
Briefcase
Book
A term fo
Browsing
To move t
Brush
A tool in
Buffer
A holding
Bug
An error
Built-in
Feature t
Bullet
A symbol
Bundle
Bureau
A company
Bus maste
The devic
Button
A button-
Byte