CS Vocab

a common file format that's used to compress one or more files together into a single location

• zip file

• windows

• browser

• web

a separate viewing area on a computer display screen in a system that allows multiple viewing areas as part of a graphical user interface ( GUI )

• zip file

• windows

• browser

• web

an application program that provides a way to look at and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web

• zip file

• windows

• browser

• web

an interconnected system of public webpages accessible through the Internet

• zip file

• windows

• browser

• web

a type of malicious software, or malware, that spreads between computers and causes damage to data and software

• virus

• horse

• trojan

• username

a distinctive alphabetical and numerical set of characters used to identify and gain access to a computing system

• username

• usb

• upload

• horse

in full universal serial bus, technology used to connect computers with peripheral devices

• usb

• upload

• port

• printer

the transmission of a file from one computer system to another, usually larger computer system

• upload

• horse

• multimedia

• trojan

a program downloaded and installed on a computer that appears harmless, but is, in fact, malicious

• virus

• trojan horse

• password

• save

a measure of a computer's speed

• spyware

• teraflop

• gigabyte

• firewire