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| Internet Service Provider (ISP) |
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A company that provides Internet connectivity to individuals, businesses, and organizations. |
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A special type of network used to communicate and share information within an organization. |
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The unit of data measurement that is equal to 1,024 bytes. |
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| Lightweight and portable personal computers. Laptop computers are also called notebook computers. |
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| A network that connects devices within a limited area, such as a home or a small group of offices. |
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The unit of data measurement that is equal to 1,024 KB. |
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A list of options from which a user can select an option to perform a desired action, such as choosing a command or applying a particular format to part of a document. Many programs, especially those that offer a graphical interface, use menus as a means to provide the user with an easy-to-use alternative to memorizing program commands and their appropriate usage. |
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A group of computers that are connected to share resources and exchange information. |
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| A disk drive that is shared with other computers on a network. |
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| The area located on the right side of the taskbar when the taskbar is located at the bottom of a screen. The notification area displays the time, a volume icon, and icons of some programs that are running on a computer. |
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A Microsoft group of hosted productivity, communications, and collaboration services including the Office desktop suite, Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, and Lync Online. |
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| Microsoft Online Services |
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| Microsoft hosted solutions for businesses with advanced IT needs. The suite includes Microsoft Exchange Online, Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Office Communications Online, Microsoft Forefront, and Lync Online |
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Software installed and run on computers on the premises of the person or organization using the software, rather than at a remote datacenter via cloud computing. |
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An IaaS cloud computing project by Rackspace Cloud and NASA, joined by more than 120 companies such as Citrix Systems, Dell, AMD, Intel, Linus, HP, and Cisco, to provide free open source software released under the terms of the Apache License. |
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| An enterprise software company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes database technology software. |
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An internal environment optimized for performance and cost that provides self-service access to IT resources on demand and is deployed inside a customer's datacenter and is powered by packaged server products, providing compatibility with existing applications. |
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Offers customers the ability to deploy and consume services using a highly scalable platform providing pay-as-you-go flexibility. |
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| The main computer on a network that provides services to other computers on the network. A server decides which computers are allowed to access the hardware and software on the network. |
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| A guide that takes the user through each step of a particular task, such installing hardware or software. |
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| A sequence of instructions that a computer can execute. It is also referred to as programs |
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| Programs that are used to create budgets, manage accounts, perform mathematical calculations, and convert numerical data into charts and graphs. |
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Devices that are used to store data. A hard disk is an example of a storage device. |
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The box that holds the processor, motherboard, disk drives, power supply, and the expansion bus. |
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| Computers that allow you to write directly on the screen by using a pen called stylus. |
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| A rectangular bar that is usually located at the bottom of the computer screen. You can use the taskbar to select a program running on your computer |
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| The unit of data measurement that is equal to 1,024 GB, approximately equal to trillion bytes. |
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