Skip to main content

Bridge Builders African Experiences With Information and Communication Technology (1996) / Chapter Skim
Currently Skimming:

APPENDIX C: GLOSSARY
Pages 285-290

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 285...
... Often baud is used interchangeably with bits per second. BIT/BYTE All computer data is composed of tiny electrical pulses called Bits (short for binary digits)
Read the entire page →
From page 286...
... FIDONET A robust network of individual computerized bulletin board services that uses regular dial-up phone lines and high-speed modems to move electronic messages. FILE SERVER A high-performance personal computer that serves all the users of a local area network.
Read the entire page →
From page 287...
... MICROPROCESSOR Hardware component responsible for the basic elements of computer processing: arithmetic, logic, and control. The microprocessor is an integrated circuit chipa dense network of microscopic electrical pathways etched into highly refined sand, or silicon.
Read the entire page →
From page 288...
... PERIPHERALS Hardware components that are not essential to the basic operation of the computer but that may be necessary to perform certain applications. Peripheral hardware includes printers, scanners, and modems.
Read the entire page →
From page 289...
... TELNET The Internet standard protocol for remote terminal connection service used for logging into and searching other computers connected to the Internet. It allows your computer to interact with a remote timesharing system at another site as if your terminal were connected directly to the remote computer.
Read the entire page →
From page 290...
... WINDOWS A windowing environment and application program interface for MS-DOS that brings to IBM compatible computers some of the graphical user interface features of the Macintosh computers. WORD PROCESSOR The single most universal application for personal computers.
Read the entire page →

Key Terms

  • personal computer
  • hardware component
  • telephone line
  • personal computers
  • electronic messages

  • computers connected
  • storage medium
  • word processing
  • numeric information
  • image generated

  • usually expressed
  • move electronic
  • includes printers
  • individual computers
  • circuit chip

  • computers linked
  • remote computers
  • processing easily
  • common means
  • electrical pathways

  • bulletin board
  • application program
  • individual computerized
  • active applications
  • programs convert

  • private telephone
  • hard disks
  • called packets
  • easy calculations
  • output device


    • This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
    More information on Chapter Skim is available.