English (en) Cloud Computing Cloud is the internet, while computing is the process of using computer technology to complete a given goal- oriented task. Simply, cloud computing (also called cloud technology) is the on-demand availability and delivery of computing services—including servers, storage, databases, networking, software, analytics, and intelligence—over the internet (“the cloud”) to offer faster...
Category: Technology
Clipboard
English (en) Clipboard The clipboard is a buffer that some operating systems provide for short- term storage and transfer within and between application programs. A clipboard allows the temporary holding of data that the user wants to copy from one place to another. In a word processor application, for example, the user might want to...
Clipart
English (en) Clipart Clip art is a form of electronic graphic art that consists of simple illustrations as opposed to photographic images. Clip art is a collection of pictures, images, drawings or illustrations available, as in a book, on a CD-ROM, or in an online gallery that can be imported/inserted into other material, a document...
Client
English (en) Client A client is a computer that connects to and uses the resources of a remote computer or server. A client is the receiving end of a service or the requestor of a service in a client/server model type of system. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Router Yorùbá (yo) Agbaṣẹ́ṣe Decomposition: 'A...
Click
English (en) Click Click is to press a button on a mouse or some other device in order to make something happen on a computer, usually using the left button of the mouse. A click is to select (a screen object) by rapidly depressing and releasing one of the buttons on a mouse, touchscreen, or...
Chip
English (en) Chip Also called a microchip, microprocessor, computer chip, an integrated circuit (IC) is small flat piece of semiconducting material (usually silicon) on which an integrated; electronic circuit is embedded. A typical chip is less than -square inches and can contain millions of electronic components (transistors). Computers consist of many chips placed on electronic...
CD-ROM
English (en) CD-ROM A CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read-Only Memory) is a type of compact disc that can only be read, not written to. It is a digital storage medium that can hold large amounts of data, including text, images and audiovisual. Like a regular CD, a CD-ROM is read by optical means. Unlike CDs, a...
CD-drive
English (en) CD-drive An optical disc drive (ODD) in a computer system allows you to use CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs to listen to music or watch a movie. Most drives also allow you to write data to a disc, so you can create your own music CDs, video DVDs or even create of back-up...
Processor
English (en) Processor The processor is the part of the computer system that handles the instructions used to ensure that hardware and software respond as expected. Processors can handle millions of instructions per second. Other languages: Igbo, Yoruba Related terms Microprocessor ƙundun aiwatarwa Decomposition: a component that handles processing
Password Manager
English (en) Password Manager A password manager is a technology tool that helps internet users create, save, manage and use passwords across different online services. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Passphrase Yorùbá (yo) Alábòójútó Ọ̀rọ̀-ìfiwọlé Decomposition: Ohun-èlò tí ó ń ṣe àbójútó ọ̀rọ̀-ìfiwọlé (A manager of passwords)