C - cable modem
-
A device that uses cable TV lines to connect a computer to the Internet at high speed. -
- cache
-
A holding area that contains information so it can be accessed faster than retrieving it from where it originates. -
- cheese
-
A dairy product made from fermented milk. Also an excellent topic to make jokes about. -
- cookies
-
Tiny text files from a remote website stored on a computer that contain data used to help identify a user to the website or useful for completing a web-based task. -
- cracker
-
What people who break into computers call themselves . Synonymous with the mass media term hacker . -
- cyber
-
A prefix used to indicate that something is computer- or Internet- related . Derived from the word Cybernetics , which is the discipline that, according to wikipedia.org, studies communication and control in living beings or machines. -
- cyberspace
-
A term used to describe the nonphysical, virtual world of computers. -
|