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| Backup, Back up | An extra copy of your work, eg documents, pictures etc, saved onto a removable storage medium such as CD, DVD or magnetic tape, so that if your computer is stolen or breaks down will not lose everything. |
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| Backwards-Compatible | A program (or system) designed to work with earlier versions of itself, even though the format may since have changed completely. |
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| Bandwidth | A measure of total amount of data transferred over a period of time, often used to measure how busy a website is. A webhost will usually base its charges on the bandwidth a website uses, ie how much data per month is requested from it. |
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| BIOS | (Basic Input/Output System) A program built into every PC for setting up very basic things, like how many hard and floppy disks you have and what type they are; the first thing that loads when you start your PC. You usually only need to access the BIOS if you are upgrading your hardware, eg adding more RAM or an extra disk drive, or setting a power-on password. BIOS settings are stored in a special type of memory called CMOS. |
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| Bit | The smallest unit of information in a computer, can either equal 0 or 1. Eight bits equal one byte. |
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| Blog | A website documenting someone\\\'s life and/or thoughts politics. Blogs became very popular during the 2004 presidential race. A blog is a user generated website where entries are made in journal style |
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| Bluetooth | Bluetooth is an industrial specification for wireless personal area networks (PANs). Bluetooth provides a way to connect and exchange information between devices such as mobile phones, laptops, PCs, printers, digital cameras and video game consoles via a secure, globally unlicensed short-range radio frequency. |
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| bmp | (BitMaP) A standard type of graphics file. An uncompressed format, so the files tend to be fairly big. |
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| Boot Disk | A disk which holds a copy of the operating system, or enough of it to start the computer, useful if the computer won\\\'t start up properly from the hard disk. |
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| Boot, boot up | Usually used to mean start up the computer. Literally, the process of loading up the operating system and getting the computer ready for use. See Reboot. A {boot password) is a password you have to give to start up the computer. |
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| Bot | A semi-automated program, usually performing a function on the internet such as indexing webpages or sorting email; An automated program usually performing repetitive task. |
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| bps | (Bits Per Second) A measure of how quickly information is being transferred, usually via a modem or network. Divide by ten to get an approximation of the number of characters per second (cps). See also Kbps, Mbps. |
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| BRB | (Be Right Back) Internet slang. |
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| Broadband | Internet access over a connection much faster than an ordinary modem, examples would be DSL or cable. |
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| Browser | A program used for viewing World Wide Web pages on the Internet. Firefox, Safari and Internet Explorer are currently The most widely used. Microsoft\\\'s Internet Explorer, more so because it is built-in to the Windows operating system. |
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| BTW | (By The Way) Internet slang. |
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| Buffer | A temporary storage area used to store output or input data. When downloading audio or video several seconds worth of material is stored in a buffer, if there is a brief interruption in the stream your music or video doesn\\\'t stop due to the buffering. |
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| Bug | A software bug is an error, flaw, mistake, failure, or fault in a computer program that prevents it from behaving as intended. |
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| Bulletin Board | A website to read and post messages and/or exchange files. Now largely referred to as message boards or forums. |
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| Burn | To physically create or make a CD or DVD. Burning disk requires a special writable CD or DVD drive. also see CD-R, CD-RW. |
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