Tech Terms - Page 4

A Trojan horse, or Trojan, is a type of malicious software that is designed to deceive users into believing it is legitimate while actually performing undesirable or harmful actions on their systems...read more ⟶

The Terminal, also known as the command line or command prompt, is a powerful tool for interacting with your computer’s operating system...read more ⟶

PowerShell is a task automation and configuration management framework developed by Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and an associated scripting language...read more ⟶

A standalone app is a software application that is designed to be self-contained and runs independently on a device without the need for an internet connection or the support of any other external program...read more ⟶

A portable app is a software program that can be run from a removable storage device, such as a USB flash drive, without the need for installation or setup on the host computer...read more ⟶

A portable application is a software program that is designed to be easily transferred from one computer to another and run on any compatible device without the need for installation or setup...read more ⟶

Portable software, also known as a portable application or a portable app, is a type of software that is designed to be easily transferred from one device to another and run without the need for installation...read more ⟶

Open source refers to a type of software whose source code is available to the public, meaning that anyone can view and modify the code...read more ⟶

A quad-core processor is a type of central processing unit (CPU) that has four independent processing cores on the same die, or physical chip...read more ⟶

Qi (pronounced “chee”) is a standard for wireless charging that was created by the Wireless Power Consortium (WPC)...read more ⟶

Serial ATA (SATA) is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard drives and optical drives...read more ⟶

Ultra DMA (Ultra Direct Memory Access) is a data transfer technology used in computers to improve the speed of data transfer between the computer’s hard disk drive and the system memory...read more ⟶

Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) connectors are a type of electrical connector used in a variety of electronic devices...read more ⟶

x86 is a term that refers to a family of microprocessors that are used in a wide range of devices, including personal computers, servers, and embedded systems...read more ⟶

x64, commonly referred to as x86-64 or AMD64, is a 64-bit version of the x86 instruction set architecture (ISA)...read more ⟶

A webcam is a digital video camera that is connected to a computer or computer network, allowing it to transmit real-time video footage to a remote location...read more ⟶

A DisplayPort is a digital display interface commonly used to connect a computer to a monitor, television, or other display device...read more ⟶

A desktop computer is a personal computer that is designed to be used on a desk or tabletop, as opposed to being portable like a laptop or handheld device...read more ⟶

Torrent is a file-sharing technology that allows users to download and share large files, for example, movies, music, and software, over the internet...read more ⟶

XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) is a standard for storing and organizing metadata (data about data) in a digital file...read more ⟶

EXIF, or Exchangeable Image File Format, is a type of metadata that is embedded in a digital image file...read more ⟶

The Compact Disc File System, also known as CDFS, is a file system used to store and access data on a compact disc...read more ⟶

An animated GIF (short for Graphics Interchange Format) is a type of digital image file that allows for the creation of simple animations...read more ⟶

Waveform Audio File Format, or WAVE, also known as WAV due to its file extension, is a digital audio file format that stores high-quality audio recordings with lossless quality...read more ⟶

An open format is a file format that is openly licensed and publicly available for anyone to use and implement...read more ⟶

A swap file, also known as a swap space or a paging file, is a space on a hard drive or other storage device that is used to store data temporarily when the system’s main memory (RAM) becomes full...read more ⟶

PostScript is a programming language and page description language used mainly in the printing and desktop publishing industries...read more ⟶

Page layout refers to the organization and formatting of elements on a page, such as text, images, and other media, in a way that is aesthetically pleasing and consistent...read more ⟶

Document grinding, also known as document shredding or document destruction, is the process of securely destroying physical documents to protect sensitive information from being accessed by unauthorized parties...read more ⟶

A bitmap is a type of digital image file that represents a grid of pixels as a collection of bits...read more ⟶