| Term |
Description |
Gigabyte |
A
gigabyte is 1,073,741,824 bytes (typically rounded off to
a billion bytes). Often used to describe the capacity of storage
devices such as hard drives. 1024 Mb = 1 GB. |
Graphics
Accelerator |
A
type of video adapter that can boost video speed and performance
through the use of an on-board processor. |
GUI |
Graphical
User Interface. An operating system (such as Windows) with
an interface or working environment that uses graphics and
icons on the screen for running programs or entering information. |
GIF |
Graphics
Interchange Format. A data compression format used to compress
and transfer graphic images into digital information that
can be displayed on the computer screen. Because of their
smaller size, this format is used widely on the Internet for
the transfer of graphic files. The files have a .GIF extension. |
Gray-Scale |
Animage
produced by using varying shades of gray, ranging from black
to white. |
