| Term |
Description |
HTTP |
A
set of rules or standards that are used on the World Wide
Web that describe how documents are coded, formatted, delivered
and received to allow users the exchange of information in
Web pages. The beginning of a URL or web address that starts
with 'HTTP: ' tells your browser that the web page at that
address is compatible with those standards. |
HTML |
Hypertext
Markup Language. A language or code used to create pages on
the World Wide Web, complete with hyperlinks and the ability
to display graphics. |
Hyperlink |
An
icon, graphic, word or text selection that, when clicked with
the mouse, opens another file or web page for viewing. |
Hard
Copy |
A
printout on paper. |
Hardware |
The
actual physical components and devices that make up a computer
system. |
Hard
Drive Controller |
A
circuit board with components that contain the logic needed
to interface with an individual hard drive. These used to
be expansion boards that fit into a bus slot on your motherboard
but with the introduction of Integrated Drive Electronics
(IDE) the controller is now integrated right into the hard
drive housing. |
Hard
Drive |
A
high capacity disk storage device. It is the main secondary
storage device in PCs. Information is stored on magnetic platters
that spin at high speed inside a sealed case. Read/write heads
transfer the data to and from the computer. |
