Vocabulary 9

[C] imitating a real phenomenon with a set of mathematical formulas; for example weather conditions or chemical reactions

[C] regular postal service mail, which is slower than electronic mail

[C] the original form in which a computer program is written before it is translated into machine code

- [U] the electronic equivalent of junk mail, often advertising material- to send the same message to many different people over the Internet

[C] an application that is used to perform automatic calculations on changing data

[C] a computer that works on its own without being part of a network

[U] the process of placing, holding and retrieving data on a computer

- to play sound or video on your computer while it is being downloaded from the net- the file played on your computer while it is being downloaded from the net

[C] a pen-like pointing and writing device for the screens on handheld computers

to navigate through cyberspace like a surfer riding the top of a wave

to move a card with information stored on a magnetic stripe through a device to read this information

[U] harmonizing a single set of data between two or more devices, automatically copying changes back and forth

[C] a device for entering drawings, sketches or handwriting into a computer by means of an LCD screen and a stylus

- [C] an indication of command beginnings and endings or a file formatting command- to mark a section of a file with a formatting command

relating to long distance

a piece of equipment, consisting of at least a keyboard and a screen that joins a user to the central computer network

[C] a miniature display on a computer screen which shows you what a larger picture will look

[C] a small helper program that performs a specific non-routine task, such as adding a graphic

[C] a map or plan showing the arrangement and interlinking of computers in a network

to send data from one point to another by means of radio waves or along a transmission line

[C] sending data from one point to another by means of radio waves or along a transmission line

[C] a destructive program that masquerades as a benign application containing additional hidden code

to isolate the source of a problem which is suspected to be hardware-related and fix it

trying to access a network or a computer without the official permission

referring to the process of transferring data between two local devices, especially between a computer and a mobile device