| Term | Definition |
| load | to fetch data from a disk and store it in memory |
| Megahertz | one million cycles per second, abbreviated Mhz |
| pc | stands for personal computer, and refers to any desktop, laptop, or notebook computer system |
| xhtml | extensible hypertext markup language that is a stricter version of html |
| upload | to copy a file from a computer to a remote computer |
| server | a computer designed to provide various services for an entire network |
| pixel | the smallest distinct point on a computer display |
| flash | a memory similar to RAM that does not lose its content when power is lost, but is slower and eventually wears out |
| download | to copy a file from a remote computer to your own |
| DNS | domain name service that is the means by which a name, such as (www.saugus.net) gets converted into a real Internet address |
| url | uniform resource locator that is basically an address for a file that can be given to a driver |
| embedded | an embedded system is a computer that lives inside another device and acts as a component of that device |