Glossary of Computer Terms—U
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ULTRA-BOOK: An Ultra Book
is higher end type of Sub Note Book defined by INTEL.
UNFORMATTED
(UNINITIALIZED) DISK: A blank magnetic disk with no track/sector
identification recorded on it that allows users to implement their own
track/sector identifications.
UNIX: This is an
operating system developed by AT&T. It’s big push it that it allows one
server to service many different end users at one time.
UPLOAD: The process of
transferring information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location
on a network) and To transfer information from a computer to a web site (or
other remote location on a network).
UPS: Universal Power
Supply or Uninterruptible Power Supply. An electrical power supply that
includes a battery to provide enough power to a computer during an outage to
back-up data and properly shut down.
URL: Uniform
Resource Locator.
1. The protocol for identifying a document on the Web.
2. A Web address (e.g., www.census.gov).
A URL is unique to each user. See also domain.
USB: Universal
Serial Bus. An industry standard for connecting different compatible peripheral
devices across multiple platforms. Devices include printers, digital cameras,
scanners, game pads, joysticks, keyboards and mice, and storage devices.
USER-FRIENDLY PROGRAM:
A software program that has been designed to easily direct the user
through the operation or application of a program. A menu-driven program is
considered to be “user-friendly”.
USENET: Another name
for Internet Newsgroups. A distributed bulletin board system running on news
servers, Unix hosts, on-line services and bulletin board systems. Collectively,
all the users who post and read articles to newsgroups. The Usenet is
international in scope and is the largest decentralized information utility. The
Usenet includes government agencies, universities, high schools, organizations
of all sizes as well as millions of stand-alone PCs.
USER: Someone
attached to a server or host.
UTILITY: A software program designed to perform a computer system’s routine housekeeping functions, like copying, deleting files, and/or providing techniques to simplify the execution of a program.
UTILITY: A software program designed to perform a computer system’s routine housekeeping functions, like copying, deleting files, and/or providing techniques to simplify the execution of a program.
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