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A
ActiveX
Activity Monitor
Address Bar
Adware - Internet
Alphanumeric
Antivirus Program
B
BIOS
BitTorrent
Bluetooth
Bookmark
Browser cache
Bus
Byte, bit, megabyte, MB, Mb, etc
C
Cache (CPU)
Cache (Browser)
Centrino
Chipset
Client
Clock Speed (CPU)
Codec
Command Line
Computer-Assisted Design (CAD)
CPU
CoolWebSearch
Crossover Cable
D
Daemon (Unix)
Desktop (Windows)
DHCP Server
Dock (Macintosh)
DOS
Driver (Hardware Driver)
DVD Drive
E
Emulation
Ethernet Card
Ethernet Port
End User License Agreement (EULA)
External Hard Drive
F
Filename extension
FireWire
Finder (OS X)
Front Side Bus (FSB)
G
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
H
Hard Drive
Hard Drive Activity Light
Hard Drive Partition
Hardware
HTML
I
IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
Industry Standard
InformationBar
Ink Cartridge (for a printer)
Internet Service Provider (InternetServiceProvider)
IP Address
J
K
L
Linux
M
Malware
Media Access Control (MAC) Address
Microsoft Update
Minimize
Motherboard
N
Network Drive
Network Firewall
O
Open Source
OperatingSystem
P
Parity
Partition
Patch
PCI
PCMCIA
PDAs
Peer to Peer File Sharing (P2P)
Peripheral
Pentium M Processor
Phishing
Plugin
Pop-ups
Power Adapter
Power Supply
Process
Processor (CPU)
Protocol
Q
Quick Launch toolbar (Windows)
R
RAID
RAM
RamSlot
Registry (Windows)
Repair Installation (Windows)
Right Click
RSS
S
Safe mode
Service (Windows)
Service Pack 2
Shortcut
Sidebar
Skin/Theme
Software
Software Update
Spyware
Start Menu
Subnet
System Restore (Windows)
System Tray
T
Tabbed Browsing
Taskbar (Windows)
Task Manager (Windows)
Theme/Skin
U
USB (Universal Serial Bus)
USB Flash Drive (Thumb Drive)
Userspace
V
Virtual Memory
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Virus
W
Web browser
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WebDAV
Wireless Networking (WiFi)
Windows Explorer
Windows key
Windows Registry
Windows Update
Wireless Router
Worm
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XML
Y
Z
Zip file (*.zip)
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1394 (Firewire)
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