Internet Jargon

Question 1

3G

Answer 1

3rd Generation wireless format. It is the telecommunications technology that gives users a greater range of communications options, including access to the web and email as well as video data.

Question 2

4G

Answer 2

Refers to the fourth generation of wireless mobile technology. 4G is the latest technology, and is currently only available in certain countries. Some new devices in the UK are able to access 4G, but there are no 4G networks yet available in the UK.

Question 3

Adware

Answer 3

Adware, also called advertising-supported software, automatically plays, displays or downloads adverts to your computer either after the software is installed or while the application it comes with is running.

Question 4

Snapchat

Answer 4

Snapchat is a time-limited phone photo-sharing app for iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones, which allows users to send images to each other that ‘self-destruct’ within one to ten seconds of being viewed. Users can send video clips in addition to images, which are deleted from the servers after they have disappeared.

Question 5

Software

Answer 5

Software is a general term for the various kinds of programs used to operate computers and related devices.

Question 6

Hardware

Answer 6

The term hardware describes the physical aspects of computers and related devices.

Question 7

WWW

Answer 7

The World Wide Web (www) is the interconnected content that can be accessed on the Internet. A web browser gives you access to all of the various documents, web pages, emails, videos, and other linked content that is available on the millions of web sites hosted on the Internet. The Internet provides the infrastructure, the World Wide Web provides the content and allows the user to get to it and navigate their way through it all.

Question 8

WiFi

Answer 8

Wi-fi is a way of connecting devices such as your laptop, desktop, mobile phone or tablet to the internet without wires. Wifi is available in the home through the use of a wifi router, and in public wifi hotspots. Users are able to connect any wi-fi enabled device to the internet without the use of cables.

Question 9

User Interface

Answer 9

It is the graphic design and appearance of a website, its function as seen and used by the person on the user end, at the website in a browser. The UI of a website is ultimately how it lets users know what it has to offer them.

Question 10

2G

Answer 10

Stands for “second generation” and refers to wireless mobile connectivity. 2G was the first entirely digital mobile connectivity technology.