Unit 12 Information technology

Unit 12 Information technology appliance - a piece of electrical equipment with a particular purpose in the home artificial intelligence - computer science that attempts to simulate human thinking automatic pilot - If you are on automatic pilot, you are doing something without thinking about it. computerisation - control of a process by using a computer broadband - A high speed connection to the Internet connection - link; tie; relationship chip - important part of a computer cyberattack - An attempt to gain illegal access to a computer or computer system for the purpose of causing damage or harm. data - Facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis device - Tool or piece of equipment function - the special, normal, or proper activity of an organ or part gadget - a small, useful machine or device privacy - the right of people not to reveal information about themselves security - the state of being free from danger or threat smartphone - Any electronic handheld device that functions as a mobile phone as well as a personal digital assistant (PDA) or other information appliance. social media - websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking. memory - the ability to store and retrieve information over time monitor - screen for a computer remote control - a device that can be used to control a machine or apparatus from a distance technology - Application of science to help people telecommunications - transmitting information and communicating electronically text message - Short note sent from a smartphone or other mobile device virtual reality - A computer-simulated environment that can be a simulation of the real world or an imaginary world adequate - enough, sufficient basic - simple; including only what is necessary compact - small and including many things in a small space cyber - relating to or characteristic of the culture of computers, information technology, and virtual reality. dated - old-fashioned digital - Based on numbers that increase in discrete increments, such as the integers 0, 1, 2, 3, etc. efficient - producing results without waste portable - capable of being easily carried state-of-the-art - very modern and using the most recent ideas and methods up-to-date - modern, recent, or containing the latest information user-friendly - easy to use virtual - (adj) existing only in the mind or by means of a computer network; existing in results or in essence but not officially or in name wireless - telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves carry the signal between communicating devices access - to obtain entry or a means of approach connect - to join together detect - to discover something not easily noticed disable - make unable to perform a certain action hack - access computer illegally operate - to work scroll - A way to view locations on the worksheet without changing the active cell. surpass - to exceed or go beyond switch off - start/stop a machine/light/etc working track - follow, chase, trace; observe remotely - from a distance stay in touch with - maintain a relationship with