Sunday, May 26, 2013

Computer Jargons T-Z

                                                                            T

TAB :

A key which shift the starting  point either  to the right ,left or centre by
some space.

TAGS :

Commands used in HTML  as the text  formatting tools.

TARGET  WORKBOOK :

The workbook that uses the linked data. 

TASK BAR :

A horizontal bar located  at the bottom of the Window screen.

TEXT AREA :

Area  where primitives or other text are entered.

TEXT ATTRIBUTES :

Style of characters  e.g. Bold, Italics and Underlined.

THESAURUS :

A thesaurus provides synonyms and antonyms for words in the documents.

THIRD GENERATION OF COMPUTERS  :

Appeared in year 1960  to 1970. 

Eg :

ICL 2903 , CDC 1700 and PDP 1145.

TOPOLOGY :

Pattern of inter connection of computer in a network.

TRACKBALL :

A wireless mouse  used to enter data in Laptop.

TRANSISTOR :

Invented by John Bardeen, Walter  Brattain and William Shockley in 1947
smaller than tubes and required much less power.

TRANSLATOR :

Converts  high level program source code into machine language line by line.

TROJAN :

A virus program contains  some hidden destructive parts .

                                                        U

UNIT :

An operating   system developed in  C language.  

URL  (Universal  Resource  Locator) :

An address  of documents and other  resources on the Web.

UTILITY PROGRAMS :

A  small   program   or   set  of  small   programs   that support  the
operating   system   by   providing   additional services. 

                                                      V 

VACUUM TUBE :


Invented   by   Lee  De Forest  in   1906   worked   by using   large 
amount  of   electricity  to   heat  a  filament  inside   the  tube  until it  
was Cherry  red.

VALIDATION :

The   process   of  making sure that forms and documents from a
particular  transaction are correct.  

VARIABLES DATA :

Data which keep on changing  from time  to time.

VARIABLE NAME :

In a program, the name assigned  to data field that can be assume any of a given set of values.

VIDEO DISPLAY UNIT  ( VDU ) :

An I/O  device that consists of a television like screen for displaying outputs and a keyboard for entering  inputs.

VLSI  ( Very Large  Scale  Integration ) :

An electronic circuit with about 10,000 transistors fabricated in a single silicon chip.

VOICE BAND :

Data  communication system that handles moderate volumes of data,
typically from 300 to 9600 bauds. Phone lines that we use to other people  is
an example.

VOICE RECOGNITION  UNIT  :

An input  device used with voice a recognition system  that converts  spoken
words.

VOICE RESPONSE UNIT  :

An output  device that uses words or messages recorded on a magnetic
medium  to produce audio response.   

VOLTAGE  STORAGE  :

A storage  medium  that  loses its contents  in the event  of power failure or
when power switched  of when power  switched off.                                                                                         
                                                                           W

WAN :

Wide Area Network  When a  computer in our country is connected to a
computer  in another country or the computers are  placed at far of distance.

WEB BROWSER :

A web Browser is a software application. It is a world  Wide web  client
application that display the  Hypertext  documents and  follow  links to    other HTML   document  on the Web.

WINDOWS :

An   extremely  user s friendly  operating  system, which has Graphic User
Interface  and perform  multiple  tasks.

WORD  LENGTH :

A measure     of the size of a word  usually   specified  in unit such as
characters  or bits. Each location  of a computer system can  store  a fixed 
number   of characters  or bits called its world length.

WORD  PAD  :

An accessory   in Windows  for  short  document   having less features
than MS -Word.

WORD PROCESSOR :

A software  package ,helps in typing editing and formatting  the documents .

WORD   WRAP :

In word  wrap the last word the  exceeding line  will  be transferred to the
next line, automatically.

WORDS :

Group of Sixteen bits.

WORKBOOK :

A collection of  individuals spreadsheet, bound together like a book.

WORLD WIDE WEB (WWW) :

A  loose  confederation  of Internet server that  support HTML formatting.

WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM  ( W3C )   :

The Internet is now managed by a committee which  is known  as W3C.

WORM :

Virus  programs made as experimental programs to test if a program  can
be made to replicate itself.

                                                            X

XA :

Extended Architecture  

X- ADDRESS :
 
The  co-ordinate by which the exact row of memory is specified.     

X-acto Knife :

A tool used  to  cut, copy and paste visuals during  paste up.

X-axis  :

Usually refers to the horizontal axis in a co-ordinate system.                       

X- datum line :

An imaginary line used as a reference edge along the top edge of  a punch
card  a line  along  the edge nearest  the 12- punch row  of  a  Hollenth card.

X-height  : 

The  height  of a lowercase  letter  without  ascenders or descenders.
equivalent to  the  height  of the  letter  X  in  the selected font.

                                                             Z

ZONE AREA :

The  0,11 and 12 rows  on the Hollerith card  that  are used in combination
with digit  area punches to indicate letters and some special symbols. Zone 
areas are  also used on other punched card codes and with  interna  computer
codes.

ZONED DECIMAL :

Any numeric character  coded  in the Extended Binary  Coded Decimal 
Interchange  Code (EBCDIC).Each decimal digit occupies one byte of storage.