Computer and Technology Jargon

(Graphics Interchange Format) A bitmap graphics format developed by CompuServe that is popular...

(Joint Photograph Experts Group) A very popular image compression method used on the Internet....

A technology created and maintained by Microsoft. It allows Internet Explorer and other programs...

A numbering system that only has two numbers, “0” and “1”. This binary system is used to...

An image that is composed of rows and columns of dots (aka "pixels"). Some of the most popular...

It is most often referred to as, “e-mail”. It is the process of writing and sending of messages...

An Internet web browser that was created and is maintained by the Mozilla Corporation. Firefox...

The largest network in the world. It allows you to communicate with virtually anyone around the...

A programming language (originally named, “OAK”) developed by Sun Microsystems during the early...

(when referred to as a computer term) A system of two or more computers connected together to...