Computer Literacy & Digital Citizenship Vocabulary

Computer software created for a particular task; it is increasingly used to mean software that is downloaded for use on cell phones

• Application

• RAM

• Uploading

• Web browser

Networking technology that allows computer devices such as personal computers, laptops, and cell phones to communicate over a wireless signal

• Uploading

• Search engine

• RAM

• Wi-Fi

Software that allows for navigating the web; it is different from a search engine in that it provides a window in which to search, but does not search itself

• Web browser

• Search engine

• Internet

• Downloading

The address of a website

• Search engine

• RAM

• URL (Uniform Resource Locator)

• Operating system

Sending data, such as a music or video file, from a local computer system or server

• Wi-Fi

• Internet

• Uploading

• Server

A computer program that locates information on the web

• Cloud Computing

• Web browser

• Software

• Search engine

Computer memory that is temporarily used to allow programs to operate, which would be quicker than if they accessed ROM

• RAM

• URL

• Wi-Fi

• Application

A group of software programs that provide instructions to a computer so that it may operate

• Downloading

• Operating system

• Web browser

• Uploading

A vast global computer network which links smaller computer networks together

• Application

• Central Processing Unit (CPU) or Processor

• Uploading

• Internet

Receiving data, such as a music or video file, from a server or another computer system

• Server

• Operating system

• RAM

• Downloading