Terminology Guidelines

A drive that has no moving parts, making it quieter and more robust. They operate much faster than traditional hard drives as they store data electronically and not magnetically as with a traditional hard drive.

• Blu-Ray

• SD

• SSD

• External HDD

A device connected to a computer that is designed to accept and read data from different types of storage media, such as SIM and SD cards and flash drives.

• USB Hub

• Card Reader

• Skimmer

• USB C

Feature of a screen that allows it to register more than one point being touched simultaneously.

• Multi-touch screen

• Expand

• Pinch

A standard that allows devices such as smartphones to connect wirelessly simply by touching them together or bringing them into close proximity to

• EFT

• Bluetooth

• NFC

• TAP

This is a tool or service, such as TinyURL.com, which converts a long URL to a shorter version. This shorter version of the URL will take a user to the same web address, but is easier to remember and/or type out.

• Bitly.com

• TinyURL.com

• URL Shortener

This refers to the trend whereby all sorts of objects and devices are increasingly being connected to one another via the internet.

• Internet of Things

• Internet Devices

• Online Communication

• ICT

A technique whereby certain network (internet) services, e.g. e-mail, are given preference while others, such as social networking services, are given less priority, thus performance is maintained for the more critical services.

• Throttling

• Proxy

• Shaping

• Network Tuning

This occurs when your ISP slows down your internet connection. This most often occurs when you have been deemed by your ISP to have downloaded excessive amounts of data.

• Shaping

• Throttling

• AUP

• Tuning

A process where a geographical position of where a photograph was taken is added to the metadata of a file, such as adding the latitude and longitude.

• GPS

• Geo-tagging

• Location Property

• Maps

Users are tricked into clicking on an item on a web page which acts as a concealed link.

• Malware

• Click-jacking

• Spoofing

• Phishing