Computer Science Glossary
a
- Abnormal Data
- Accumulator
- AC
- Actuator
- ADC
- Address Bus
- Algorithm
- AND Logic Gate
- Arithmetic and Logic Unit
- ALU
- Array
- ASCII
- Assembly Language
- Assignment
- Asymmetric Encryption
- Asynchronous data transmission
- Attribute
- Authentication
- Automatic Repeat ReQuests
- ARQ
b
- Barcode
- Binary
- Biometrics
- Blu-Ray
- Boundary Data
- Bus
- Byte
c
- Cascading Stylesheets (CSS)
- Central Processing Unit
- CPU
- Check Digit
- Checksum
- Ciphertext
- Client
- Client-Server Network
- Cloud Computing
- Command Line Interface
- Compact Disc
- CD
- Compiler
- Compression
- Concept Keyboard
- Constant
- Control Bus
- Control System
- Cookies
- Copyright
- Cracking
- Current Instruction Register
- CIR
d
- Data Bus
- Data Corruption
- Data Protection Act
- DPA
- Data Type
- Database
- Database Management System
- DBMS
- Decimal
- Denary
- Device Driver
- Dialogue Interface
- Digital Camera
- Digital Certificate
- Digital Versatile Disc
- DVD
- DOS Attack
- Double entry
- DRAM
- Drop Down Box
- DVD-RAM
e
- Echo Check
- Encryption
- Entity
- Erroneous Data
- Extreme Data
f
- Fetch Execute Cycle
- Field
- File Format
- Firewalls
- Flash Memory
- Flowcharts
- Foreign Key
- Format Check
- Free Software
- Freeware
- Full Duplex
g
- Gigabyte
- GB
- Graphical User Interface
- GUI
h
- Hacking
- Half Duplex
- Hard Disk Drive
- HDD
- Hexadecimal
- High Level Languages
- HTTP
- Hypertext Markup Language
- HTML
i
- Identity Theft
- Input Device
- Integrated Development Environment
- IDE
- Interactive Whiteboard
- Internet Service Provider
- Interpreter
- Interrupt
- Interrupt Handler
- IP address
k
- Keyboard
l
- LCD Screen
- LED Screen
- Length Check
- Library Routine
- Local Area Network
- LAN
- Lossless Compression
- Lossy Compression
- Low Level Languages
m
- MAC address
- Machine Code
- Magnetic Storage
- Malware
- Memory Address Register
- MAR
- Memory Data Register
- MDR
- Microphone
- MIDI
- Mouse
- MP3
- MP4
n
- NAND Logic Gate
- Network
- Network Interface Card
- NIC
- Non-Volatile
- NOR Logic Gate
- Normal Data
- NOT Logic Gate
o
- Object Code
- Operating System
- OS
- Optical Storage
- OR Logic Gate
- Output Device
p
- Packet Switching
- Parallel data transmission
- Parity Check
- Peer-to-Peer Network
- Personal Area Network
- PAN
- Pharming
- Phishing
- Plagiarism
- Presence Check
- Primary Key
- Program Counter
- PC
- Protocol
- Proxy Servers
- Pseudocode
q
- QR Code
r
- Random Access Memory
- RAM
- Range Check
- Record
- Register
- ROM
s
- Scanner
- Secure Sockets Layer
- Selection Statement
- Sensor
- Serial data transmission
- Server
- Shareware
- Simplex
- Software-as-a-Service
- SaaS
- Solid State
- Solid State Drive
- SSD
- Source Code
- Spyware
- SRAM
- Symmetric Encryption
- Synchronous data transmission
t
- Table
- Touchscreen
- Trackball
- Translator
- Truth Table
- Type Check
u
- Universal Serial Bus
- USB
- User Interface
v
- Validation
- Variable
- Verification
- Virtual Memory
- Virtual Private Network
- VPN
- Virus
- Visual check
- Volatile
w
- Web Browser
- Web Server
- Wide Area Network
- WAN
- World Wide Web
- WWW
x
- XOR Logic Gate
