Compress and Compression

English (en) Compress and Compression Alternatively called compacting, to compress is taking one or more files and combining them or making them smaller by utilizing an algorithm in a compression utility. Commonly, file compression removes redundancies or specific data that is not essential. For example, a tiny JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) for use on...

Component

English (en) Component Computers are made up of many different parts, such as a motherboard, CPU, RAM, and hard drive. Each of these parts are made up of smaller parts, called components. The CPU includes components such as integrated circuits, switches, and extremely small transistors. Generally speaking, a component is an element of a larger...

Command prompt

English (en) Command A command (CMD) is a specific action assigned to a program to perform a specific task. It commonly refers to a specific word or phrase that tells the computer what to do through a command line interface or shell, depending on what kind of system is being used. Command are orders to...

Command

English (en) Command A command (CMD) is a specific action assigned to a program to perform a specific task. It commonly refers to a specific word or phrase that tells the computer what to do through a command line interface or shell, depending on what kind of system is being used. Command are orders to...

Collaborative Computing

English (en) Collaborative Computing Collaborative computing is a fertile mélange of technologies and techniques which facilitate people working together via computer-assisted means. Collaborative technologies are tools or software designed to facilitate working in groups and holding real- time meetings in the office and remotely. Other languages: Hausa, Igbo Related terms Internet, Cloud Computing Yorùbá (yo)...

Cloud Computing

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...

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...

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