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IT Vocabulary: (Information Technology)

This document provides definitions and explanations of many common information technology and digital media terms, including types of devices, programs, online activities, and technical issues. It discusses topics like wireless access, personal organizers, smartphones, USB drives, digital cameras, online banking and shopping, cyberbullying, hacking, social networking, webcams, multimedia software, and more. It also addresses how digital technology has become integrated into many aspects of everyday life and asks questions about people's technology habits and dependencies.

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IT Vocabulary: (Information Technology)

This document provides definitions and explanations of many common information technology and digital media terms, including types of devices, programs, online activities, and technical issues. It discusses topics like wireless access, personal organizers, smartphones, USB drives, digital cameras, online banking and shopping, cyberbullying, hacking, social networking, webcams, multimedia software, and more. It also addresses how digital technology has become integrated into many aspects of everyday life and asks questions about people's technology habits and dependencies.

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IT (Information Technology) Vocabulary

wireless access ultimedia software


blue tooth ADSL
personal organiser / PDA spam
smart phone / i-phone  bookmark
USB flash driver cybercafé / sex / space
camcorder / digital camera hyperlink
online banking / shopping internet banking
information overload phishing
cyber bullying text messaging
hacker
on the internet

o Access / go on / navigate / use / browse / surf the internet


o Internet site / website / ad / link / address / search / connection / browser / search
engine / provider / file / access

o Social networking: MySpace / Facebook / Twenty / Twitter / Bebo


o webcam(era) / web page / website / web(maga)zine / web address
o an online newspaper / magazine / dictionary
o ...its rapid development is changing medicine, education, communication...
o ...the general public have regular access to the internet,
o How about younger generations? How ofen do they use texting? Do they have a blog?
Are they members of an online community? Do they listen to their music on an MP3,
MP4 player? Do they do online gaming?
o Digital technology is increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives.
o Text, images, sound and video are stored digitally, they can be transferred from one
piece of equipment to another easily.
o Since the early 1990s the web has made available to anyone with access a
wealth of digital resources.
o We have also been able to create our own websites, hand-held computers
and MP3 players. 
o ...bring / keep your stuff (music, photos, videos, presentations,
documents...) on a portable device
o linked to a global community
o Capture and editing of video files can be undertaken on any up-to-date laptop. These
films can be transferred on to CDs or DVDs and played locally, or uploaded to a server
for broadcast.
o The role of technology is changing...
o communicate with each other via email.
o To be a technophobe 

o To be absolutely / completely / entirely dependent (up)on...


o ” I (really) couldn’t get by without...”
o “I could never be parted from my mobile phone!”
o “It’s very difficult for a gadget freak like me to choose just one item that I couldn’t do
without.”

o Podcasting has added a sound dimension to the interactive and portable


nature of digital media.

o computer-savvy: knowing a lot about computers and able to make good judgements
about them

o text = write an SMS (message)


o Log on to www.bloglanguages. com for a free trial
o Download / Upload an almost inexhaustible selection of multimedia interactive
exercises, podcasts, video clips and much, much more.

o Get instant email feedback on your work. Keep in touch with classmates with Skype or SMS.
o A bug caused the company's computer system to crash. 
o A laptop would be really useful 

o A virus /ˈvaɪərəs/ erased my hard disk.

o I'm going to copy / save this file.


o Select the 'Edit' menu and then choose 'Copy'.
o Select the option you want from the pop-up (menu).
o a word processing program / package
o YouTube is a website that allows people to show videos they have made on the Internet
o Do you use a Mac or a PC?
o wi-fi /ˈwaɪ.faɪ/ a system for connecting electronic equipment such as computers and
electronic organizers to the Internet without using wires

o PlayStation / Wii /wiː/ machines that you use to play games on your television
o ...

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