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RAMRandom-accessmemory.

Thecomputer’sworkingarea,

usedfordatastoragewhilethePC

isswitchedon.

RAWAformatfordigitalphotos

thatstorestheimageexactlyas

thecameracapturedit,without

compressionoroptimisation.

ReadspeedHowlongittakesahard

driveto‘read’data,andrespondtoit.

RefreshrateMeasuredin

Hertz(Hz), thenumberoftimes

persecondthattheimageon

yourmonitorisredrawn.Slight

changesintheimageeachtime

itisupdatedcombinetogivethe

illusionofmovement.

ROMRead-onlymemory.Any

memorythatcanbereadbut

notwrittento.APC’sBIOSuses

ROMtostoresysteminformation

andinstructionsthatcannotbe

changed.

RootToperformtasksonAndroid

devicesthataren’tpermittedby

themanufacturer.

SCARTAstandardconnectorfor

videoandaudiosignals.

SDcardSecureDigitalcard.A

populartypeofmemorycard.

sRGBAstandardRGBcolour

spaceforuseonmonitors,

printersandtheinternet.

SSDSolid-statedrive.Storage

that,unlikeaharddrive,usesno

movingparts.Fasterbutmore

expensivethanconventionalhard

drives.

SSIDServiceSetIdentifier.A

nameusedtoidentifyawireless

network.

SuperSpeedData-transfer

standardaddedtoUSB3.0,

withatheoreticalmaximumof

5Gbps.

SystemrestorepointThe

collectionofsystemfilesstored

bySystemRestoreonagiven

dateandtimetowhichWindows

canrevertifaproblemoccurswith

yourPC.

ThunderboltAvery fast port for

connectingexternalstorage to aPC.

TPMTrustedPlatform Module.

Acomputer chip th at allows your

hardware to performsecurity-

relatedtasks.

Two-factorauthentication

Asystemthat uses twodifferent

meanstoidentifythe user.For

example,acodesent to your

phonein additionto apassword.

UEFIUnifiedExtens ible Firmware

Inter face.Amodern replacement

forthe BIOS.

USB2.0/3.0/3.1Faster successors

to USB.

USB-CAnew connectorthat’s

reversible.

VirtualmachineAsoftware-

basedcomputer runninginside

another computer .Often used to

emulateanother operatingsystem

–for example,runningWindows

7as avirtualmachineinside

Windows 10.

VoIPVoiceoverIP.Therouting

ofvoiceconversationsoverthe

internet.

VirtualmemoryDatathatis

temporarilymovedfromRAM

toharddrivetomakeupfor

shortagesinmemory.

VPNVirtualprivatenetwork.

Keepsallinternetcommunication

safeandprivate.

Wi-Fi6Wi-Fistandardwith

speedsupto 10 timesfasterthan

80 2. 11 ac.Alsocalled 80 2.11ax.

WidgetAsmallprogramthatruns

ontheWindowsdesktop.

WritespeedHowlongittakesa

harddrivetosavedata.

XLSDefaultfileformatforMicrosoft

Exceluptoversion 200 3.

XLXSThedefaultfileformatfor

MicrosoftExcelsinceversion 200 7.

ZIPfileAfilethatcontains

compresseddocumentsorfiles.

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