Technology
vocabulary List for Competitive Exams

Dear Readers, Here we are providing
Very Useful Technology Vocabulary list that frequently used in our day
life. This is very helpful for various competitive exams across the world
example; IETL, GRE, ICET, UPSC, UPPSC, IFS, SSC CGL, CHSL, Bank PO, Clerks,
IBPS, RRB, Insurance exams … etc. This is very helpful Interviews if your
attending, different entrance examination etc.  Information Technology Vocabulary List is
given below.

 

1. Access to the Internet –
connect to the Internet

2. Advance  – Modern and Well Developed

3. Automation – Computer can do task
without human interation

4. Advances in technology –
Innovations in technology

5. Bookmark –  to mark a
webpage for future purpose

6. Browse – Search something

7. Blog – Website that contains
information to be available everyone on the internet

8. Boot – booting is the process of
starting a computer.

9. Back up your files – Save
your Data

10. Become rapidly obsolete –
Quickly become out of date

11. Byte – The main unit of memory in a
computer. Eight bits that are combined and recognized by the computer as
numbers, letters, and symbols

12. Bit – An individual piece of
computerized information

13. CPU – Central Processing Unit= The
“brains” of the computer. This unit directs the computer’s activities.

14. CD – 
Compact Disk – Read Only Memory

15. Connect– Communication between
objects Ex; Internet connect with Computer

16. Computer literate –
Adequate knowledge of a computer

17. Control remotely – To
control technology from a another location

18. Device – Object or Machine

19. Downloading from the Internet –
With internet, Receive the data from another computer  

20. Electronic mail (e-mail) is a
computer-based application for the exchange of messages between users.  

21. Electronic Funds Transfer –
EFT Money Transaction via the Internet

22. Emerging technology – Advance
improvement in software

23. Gadget – an advanced piece
of technology, like smartphone

24. HTML 
– HyperText Markup Language — The language in which World Wide Web
documents are written.

25. Hard drive – An inflexible magnetic
disk with greater storage capacity than a CD; can be internal to the computer
or external

26. Internet  – A global network connecting millions of
computers.

27. ISP 
– Internet Service Provider

28. Format a disk – Prepare a storage
medium, usually a disk, for reading and writing information.

29. Folders – A folder is an object that
can contain multiple documents. Folders are used to organize information/files.

30. Firewall –  A mechanism to keep unauthorized users from
accessing parts of a network or host computer.

31. File – Collection of Data/Information

32. Hacking into the network –
To get the data through illegal process

33. Install -set up application (software
program) in computer that we can use to do a task

34. Internet access – Connect
to Internet

35. Internet of Things – A
network connecting machines in a location so that they can be remotely
controlled

36. Internet-enabled –
Machines or devices which have Internet access facility

37. Keep a hard copy –
Keep a paper copy

38. Keyboard – The part of the computer
containing the keys and sometimes the mouse. It allows you to type and enter
information on the computer

39. LCD 
– Liquid Crystal Display-A type of display used in digital watches, many
portable computers, and flat screen monitors.

39. LAN 
– Local Area Network-A group of computers and other devices dispersed
over a relatively limited area and connected by a communications link that
enables any device to interact with any other device on the network.

40. Monitor – Computer Screen Display

41. Mouse – A handheld device that moves
the computer screen cursor

42. Not rocket science –
It is not very difficult

43. Operating system – It is intermediate
between User and Hardware

44. Online piracy – Downloading
and distributing copyrighted content digitally without having permission such
as software, movies, music etc…

45. Perform – Refers Speed of a Computer
functionality

46. PDF File – Portable Document Format-
The page description language used in the Acrobat document exchange system.

47. Reboot – Restart your Computer

48. Re-install the programs –
Re set up software onto the computer again

49. ROM (Read Only Memory) – This is the
permanent memory. Its contents can only be read by the computer. Nothing new
can be stored in it.

50. RAM (Random Access Memory) – This is a
type of computer memory that allows data to be stored and retrieved as
required. It is called random access because any part of the memory can be
located without having to go through everything that comes before it.

51. Shop online – Do the
shopping online using Internet

52. Shut down – Turn off
the computer

53. Social media networks –
A place which Connects the people to communicate on the internet

54. Surfing the web – Search
the information on the Internet

55. Spreadsheet –  A software tool used to organize data in a
row and column format and to perform multiple calculations.

56. Server – A computer in a network that
is used to provide services (such as access to files or shared peripherals or
the routing of E-mail) to other computers in the network
57. Scanner  – A device that can read text or
illustrations printed on paper and translate the information into a format that
the computer can use.

58. To click on an icon –
Click on the pictures or Symbols to make active the software

59. To crash – Stop the
functionality

60. To Log in – To sign
onto the computer

61. To upgrade your computer system –
To make your computer functionality better
62. URL – Universal Resource
Locator- The global address of documents and other resources on the World Wide
Web.

63. Update – To bring something to the
latest version.

64. Virus – A destructive computer program
that invades by means of a normal program and damages the computer system

65. Wireless hotspots – To
connect internet via air

66. WAN – Wide Area Network – A
communications network that connects geographically separated areas

67. Web address: to type
the web address of a website in to the address bar of your browser
WWW – World Wide Web – A hypertext-based collection of computers on the
Internet that allows you to travel from one linked document to another, even if
those documents reside on many different servers.

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