Category: Technology

English (en) Install Installation is the process of making hardware and/or software ready for use. Installation (or setup) of a computer program (including device drivers and plugins), is the act of making the program ready for execution. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba   Related terms Installer, Installation             Hausa (ha) Dasa/Dasawa...

English (en) Inbox Inbox (on a computer) is a folder in a mailbox in which incoming messages are stored and displayed, unless rules are set up to forward messages to another e-mail address, folder, or program. The Inbox is a place where e-mail messages are received in an e-mail client or online e-mail account. The...

English (en) CGI Computer-generated imagery (CGI) is the creation of still or animated visual content using imaging software. The images and animations created with software for cartoons, video games, movies and commercials. The special effects in today's movies, which mix real actors with aliens and monsters, are generated in the computer. There is no limit...

English (en) Illustration An illustration is a visual representation of an idea, concept, real or imaginative objects and/or scenes. These could be in the form of a drawing or a painting. They may also be digitally created using a computer. A photograph too is considered as an illustration if its purpose is to elucidate an...

English (en) Icon In computing, an icon is a pictogram or ideogram displayed on a computer screen in order to help the user navigate a computer system. Icon is a small graphical representation of a program or file. When we double-click an icon, the associated file or program will be opened. For example, if we...

English (en) Hypertext Hypertext is text which contains links (hyperlink) to other texts. The term was coined by Ted Nelson around 1965. Hypertext is text displayed on a computer display or other electronic devices with references (hyperlinks) to other text that the reader can immediately access. Hypertext documents are interconnected by hyperlinks, which are typically...

English (en) Hyperlink A hyperlink, or simply a link, is a digital reference to data that the user can follow or be guided to by clicking or tapping. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms HTML,...

English (en) Hostname In computer networking, a hostname (archaically node name) is a label that is assigned to a device connected to a computer network and that is used to identify the device in various forms of electronic communication, such as the World wide Web. A host name is a unique name or label assigned...

English (en) Host A host is any hardware device that has the capability of permitting access to a network via a user interface, specialised software, network address, protocol stack, or any other means. A host is any computer connected to a network. It can provide information, applications or services to other hosts or nodes on...

English (en) Homepage A home page (or homepage) is the main web page of a website. The term may also refer to the start page shown in a web browser when the application first opens. Usually, the home page is located at the root of the website's domain or subdomain. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related...