GLOSSARY OF ENGLISH

FOR COMPUTER CLASS

BASIC
Lecturer: Imelda Yose S.Pd,M.Pd
Name: Zepi Darmawan Tambunan

Number Noun Description Source Picture

A barcode is a set of lines of

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different widths and sizes
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representing data, that when read
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help identify the scanned object.

biometrics is the identification of a https://www.computerh

2 Biometric person by the measurement of their ope.com/jargon/b/biome
biological features. tri.htm

a business card reader allows a user https://www.computerh

Business Card
3 to scan business cards into their ope.com/jargon/b/busica
Reader
computer for digital storage. rd.htm
 A central processing unit (CPU), also
called a central processor or main
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CPU / Central processor, is the electronic circuitry
4 wiki/Central_processing_
Processing Unit within a computer that executes
unit
instructions that make up a
computer program.

CPU Fan - a fan located on top of a

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computer processor. Helps to pull
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and blow hot air off the processor,
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helping keep it cooler.

A disk drive is a device that reads

and/or writes data to a disk. The
most common type of disk drive is a https://techterms.com/d
6 Disk Drive
hard drive (or "hard disk drive"), but efinition/diskdrive
several other types of disk drives
exist as well.

A USB flash drive is a data storage

device that includes flash memory
with an integrated USB interface. It https://en.wikipedia.org/
7 Flashdisk
is typically removable, rewritable wiki/USB_flash_drive
and much smaller than an optical
disc.

A floppy disk, also known as a

floppy, diskette, or simply disk, is a
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8 Floppy Disk type of disk storage composed of a
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disk of thin and flexible magnetic
storage medium, sealed in a
 rectangular plastic enclosure lined
with fabric that removes dust
particles

A gamepad, game controller,

joypad, or video game controller is https://www.computerh
9 Gamepad a peripheral device designed to be ope.com/jargon/g/game
connected to a computer or console pad.htm
gaming system.

Also called a drawing tablet or a pen

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tablet, a graphics tablet is a natural
10 Graphic Tablet ope.com/jargon/g/grapta
input device that converts
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information from a handheld stylus.

A hard disk drive (HDD),or fixed disk

is an electro-mechanical data
storage device that uses magnetic https://en.wikipedia.org/
11 Hard Disk
storage to store and retrieve digital wiki/Hard_disk_drive
information using one or more rigid
rapidly rotating disks (platters).

A hologram is a physical structure

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12 Hologram that uses light diffraction to make an
wiki/Holography
image

A computer keyboard is one of the https://www.computerh

13 Keyboard primary input devices used with a ope.com/jargon/k/keybo
computer. ard.htm
 A microphone allows computer https://www.computerh
14 Microphone users to input audio into their ope.com/jargon/m/micro
computers. phone.htm

The MIDI sound is played back

through the hardware device or
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computer either through a
15 MIDI ope.com/jargon/m/midi.
synthesized audio sound or a
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waveform stored on the hardware
device or computer.

A modem is a network device that

both modulates and demodulates https://www.techopedia.
16 Modem analog carrier signals (called sine com/definition/24118/m
waves) for encoding and decoding odem
digital information for processing.

A monitor is an electronic visual

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computer display that includes a
17 Monitor com/definition/3185/mo
screen, circuitry and the case in
nitor
which that circuitry is enclosed.

The motherboard is a printed circuit

board and foundation of a computer
that is the biggest board in a https://www.computerh
18 MotherBoard computer chassis. It allocates power ope.com/jargon/m/moth
and allows communication to the boar.htm
CPU, RAM, and all other computer
hardware components
 A computer mouse is a handheld
hardware input device that controls
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a cursor in a GUI (graphical user
19 Mouse ope.com/jargon/m/mous
interface) and can move and select
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text, icons, files, and folders on your
computer.
A power supply is an electrical
device that supplies electric power
to an electrical load. The primary
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function of a power supply is to
20 Power Supply ope.com/jargon/m/moth
convert electric current from a
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source to the correct voltage,
current, and frequency to power the
load.

RAM (pronounced ramm) is an

acronym for random access
memory, a type of computer
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21 RAM memory that can be accessed
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randomly; that is, any byte of
memory can be accessed without
touching the preceding bytes.

a scanner or optical scanner is a

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hardware input device that optically
22 Scanner ope.com/jargon/o/optisc
"reads" and image and converts it
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into a digital signal.
 A sound card is an expansion card or
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IC for producing sound on a
23 Sound Card ope.com/jargon/s/sounc
computer that can be heard through
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speakers or headphones.

A speaker is a term used to describe https://www.computerh

24 Speaker the user who is giving vocal ope.com/jargon/s/speak
commands to a software program. er.htm

A video card connects to the

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motherboard of a computer system
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25 Video Card and generates output images to
video-card-function-
display. Video cards are also
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referred to as graphics cards.
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Browsing is commonly used to

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describe when a user reads
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1 Browsing through pages on the Internet or
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looks through the contents of the
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files on their computer.

A compressed file is any file that

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contains one or more files or
20 Compressing terhope.com/jargon
directory that is smaller than their
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original file size.
 process connecting to the https://www.compu
2 Connecting Internet using a modem or a terhope.com/issues/
broadband Internet connection. ch000720.htm

The steps to delete a computer

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file, directory, or folder vary on
5 Deleting terhope.com/issues/
the method you'd like to use, as
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well as your operating system.
Designing in graphics refers to the
planning and layout of elements https://www.compu
4 Designing in an image, illustration, or video terhope.com/jargon
with the aid of specialized /d/design.htm
software, like Adobe Photoshop.

Downloading is the transmission https://searchnetwo

of a file from one computer rking.techtarget.co
3 Downloading
system to another, usually smaller m/definition/downl
computer system. oading

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an empty file is a file that
21 Emptying terhope.com/jargon
contains no data and is 0 bytes.
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Hacking generally refers to

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unauthorized intrusion into a
6 Hacking edia.com/definition/
computer or a network. The
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person engaged in hacking
 activities is known as a hacker.

When referring to computer

software, install, installation, or
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install.exe is the process or
7 Installing terhope.com/jargon
creating, extracting, and moving
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all of the necessary files to run a
program on a computer.

Load refers to beginning or

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executing a program by moving
8 Loading terhope.com/jargon
(loading) the necessary
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information from a diskette drive

Networking, also known as

computer networking, is the
practice of transporting and
9 Networking
exchanging data between nodes
over a shared medium in an
information system.
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Printing is a process for

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22 Printing reproducing text and images
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using a master form or template.
 The process is a state when a
program is being executed. When https://www.proces
10 Processing the computer is running, there smodel.com/blog/w
are many processes running hat-is-a-process/
simultaneously.
Programming is the art and
science of translating a set of
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ideas into a program - a list of
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11 Programming instructions a computer can
%22programming%
follow. The person writing a
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program is known as a
programmer (also a coder).
Rebooting is sometimes
necessary after installing a
software program, installing https://www.compu
12 Rebooting operating system updates, to terhope.com/jargon
recover from an error, or re- /r/reboot.htm
initialize drivers or hardware
devices.

Rooting is the process of allowing

users of smartphones, tablets and
other devices running the Android https://en.wikipedia
13 Rooting mobile operating system to attain .org/wiki/Rooting_(
privileged control (known as root Android)
access) over various Android
subsystems.
 Scanning is reading a text quickly
in order to find specific
information, e.g. figures or https://www.teachi
14 Scanning names. It can be contrasted with ngenglish.org.uk/art
skimming, which is reading icle/scanning
quickly to get a general idea of
meaning.

Searching is a process of locating http://ecomputerno

a particular element present in a tes.com/data-
15 Searching given set of elements. The structures/searching
element may be a record, a table, -and-sorting/what-
or a file. is-searching

setting is an adjustment in a
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software program or hardware
16 Setting terhope.com/jargon
device that adjusts it to the user's
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preference.

sharing is the process of sharing a

file with one or more users via the
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Internet. It enables sharing and
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17 Sharing accessing the file through an
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Internet connection from an
sharing
Internet-based server or online
data storage/sharing service.
 Typing is the process of writing or
inputting text by pressing keys on https://en.wikipedia
18 Typing
a typewriter, computer keyboard, .org/wiki/Typing
cell phone, or calculator.

updating your operating system

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brings it up-to-date with the
19 Updating terhope.com/jargon
latest drivers, system utilities, and
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security software.

Uploading is the process of

moving digital files such as https://www.digital
photographs or documents from unite.com/technolo
your computer and placing them gy-guides/digital-
23 Uploading
on to a central server so that photography/sharin
someone else can retrieve them g-photos/what-
or to a website so others can see uploading
them.