Address
This can either refer to your email address or the address of a website. Website addresses usually begins with www. For instance. Google’s address is www.google.com
Adobe Acrobat
With this you can create documents which will look the same on other computers whatever program or operating system is used. Need Adobe Reader, latest version, to listen to the documents.
Application
A computer program. You have many installed on your computer, and you can download others .
Attachment
Something sent with an email, such as a a picture, document or sound. Attachments can carry viruses, so have an active antivirus program on your computer, and don;t open attachments if you aren’t sure about the sender.
Back button
This takes you back to the previous webpage.
Backup
To Backup your computer is to make a copy of your files so you can put them back on if your computer goes wrong. You can make a copy onto a CD or USB stick. Doing this from time to time may save you losing previous information.
Bandwidth
This determines how much information can be sent between your computer and the internet at any one time, and so relates to speed. BBC iPlayer This allows you to receive BBC radio or TV programmes that have been broadcast over the past seven days.
Blog
Short for a weblog. It’s a way of putting your news and views on the web for others
Bluetooth
This is wireless technology which allows digital devices to easily transfer files at high speed, Bluetooth often comes on laptops and mobile phones.
Bookmarks
Also known as Favourites. A way of storing your favourite website in one place, ready to use.
Broadband
This is fast internet and is always switched on when your computer is on.
Browse
To explore a webpage, seeing where the links take you it’s a bit like window shopping. The opposite is to search, where you look for particular things.
Browser
This is the program that allows you to use the internet, the most common ones being internet Explorer and Firefox. The WebbiE browser is designed for visually and impaired people