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Memory

What is "Memory" in a Computer? The term "memory" has multiple meanings when we talk about computers, some of them refer to hardware while other refer to software, for example: Notable Features In general, memory has a fixed size and is addressable by byte offsets. If you have a piece of memory that is 8 […]
Convention

A way of doings things that everyone agrees with because that makes things easier, just like a standard, but that has never been officially codified or written in an specification like an actual standard.
Operating System

A collection of computer software that makes a computer machine usable for practical purposes.
App

What is an App? App is an abbreviation for application, which refers to a computer program meant be applied in some task. Generally, the term app refers to applications for smartphones and other mobile devices, however you can say "app" any time you say "application" and vice-versa, e.g. a web app is a web application, […]
Server

What is a Server? A server is a computer program that sends data to clients connected to it, and clients are computer programs that receive data from a server. These terms typically refer to programs running in different computers connected through the Internet. For example, a web server that serves webpages to web clients such […]
Client

What is a Client in a Computer? A client is a computer program that receives data from a server, which is a computer program that sends data to clients. Typically, these terms refer to a client in one computer connecting over the Internet to a server in another computer, e.g. a web browser is a […]
Application

What is an Application? An application is a computer program that can be applied to solve some user need. There are various types of applications, like text editors for editing text files, image editors for editing image files, file manages for managing files, video players for playing video files, video editors for editing video files, […]
Program

What is a Computer Program? A computer program is a list of steps that a computer (a CPU) has to perform. In other words, a program is an algorithm executed by a computer. We also use the term "program" to refer to programs that you can download, install, and run in your computer, e.g. a […]
Algorithm

What is an Algorithm? An algorithm is a sequence of steps that need to be executed in order to perform an action. Every computer program is an algorithm, but we can also write algorithms that aren't computer programs. A simple and common example of an algorithm would be a cooking recipe, which describes the steps […]
Screenshot

What is a Screenshot? A screenshot, also called a screencap or screen capture, is an image created from what is being displayed on the screen of a computer. Screenshots aren't taken with cameras—those are photos—screenshots are taken with a program that captures what is being displayed. A screenshot may include the entire screen, multiple screens, […]
Folder

What is a Folder in a Computer? A folder is a virtual object where you can put "items" inside. Folders are used to organize items when you have too many items. What are these "items" exactly depends on the context. In any context, you'll often be able to place folders inside other folders—which means a […]
Desktop

The term desktop has two meanings when we're talking about computers. The desktop computer is called desktop because it's on top of a desk. The desktop screen is called desktop because it's based on the concept of an office desk, with various with various things that you can reach with your hands and grab, which, […]
Software

The term software refers to any and all types of computer programs that exist only as virtual data inside of a computer. Because this data is stored in the form of bytes, it's possible to delete software (erase its data from a hard disk), copy software (clone the data), and download software through the internet. […]
Web Browser

A web browser is an application made for accessing web sites and displaying their web pages. The most popular web browsers nowadays are Google's Chrome, Apple's Safari, Microsoft's Edge, Opera, and Mozilla's Firefox. Web browsers exist in both in desktop PCs as well as smartphones and other mobile devices They aren't to be confused with […]