Button
A small coloured box on the screen which provides a way of linking to more information. Buttons are most often used to activate searches, send a form you have filled in to a website etc.
Byte
A unit for measuring data. The letter H is equivalent to one byte.
Cache
Where the web-browser stores pages and images you’ve visited.
CASE SENSITIVE
To use capital and lower case letters as when copying a software registration number. When doing a search, it’s safest to type everything without capitals because lower case will always find upper case. Searches containing capital letters only find those with capitals.
Chat room
Where people ‘talk’ to each other on the internet using a microphone or keyboard. Some use special software which has to be downloaded.
Click
This means pressing the left-hand (or only) mouse button once. “Double-click” means pressing it twice in quick succession. If you don’t know whether to click or double-click, try clicking, and if nothing happens, the double-click if nothing still happens, then press the Enter key on the keyboard. The internet only requires single clicking.
Close
Shutting down a program or window you are currently viewing, often done by pressing Alt x F4, Sometimes you can, hold down the ALT key and press the SPACEBAR.
Connect
This often refers to starting an internet browsing session. Contact form This allows you to send your information to a log-in, register and apply for products. Cookies This is information that a website stores about you. Cookies cannot contain viruses. They enable the webpage, and so on. Cookies are OK from reliable webpages
Crash
This means the computer has stopped working!
Cursor
A pointer on the screen to show you where you are on a webpage. Cursor keys There are four cursor keys, up, down, left and right which screenreader users use to move around the screen.
Cyberspace
The same as the internet.
Data
Anything the can be handled by a computer. It is often called information, but can be text, pictures, programs or games. A collection of data is called a file. Data is measured in bytes.
Debug
To take the errors out of a computer program. Some webpages contain errors (bug). You may be asked in an error window if you want to debug the webpage. This is best avoided. Desktop computer A personal computer which is too big to be portable. It contains the disk drives, hard drive and processor. It has a separate keyboard and a screen like a television, a mouse and a printer It may have a scanner and speakers.