Vocabulary 5

[C] a system or combination of systems that enforces a boundary between the Internet and another network/workstation

a solid-state, non-volatile, rewritable memory that functions like a combination of RAM and ROM

- [C] the way in which information is stored or held to be worked on by computers- to organize the space on a disk or the layout of a file in a particular way

[U] breaking a file into parts to store the data in whatever disk areas are available

(of a computer program or system) designed to deal with data which is imprecise or has uncertain boundaries

a hardware or software setup that provides access to other systems or networks with differing protocols

[U] applying the resources of many computers in a network to solve or work on the same problem simultaneously

to use ingenuity and creativity to solve computer programming problems or to overcome the limitations of a system