Basic Computer Terminology- H& I
Hard drive: A large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case.
Head crash: A Hard disk crash caused by the heads coming in contact with the spinning disk(s).
High density disk: A 1.4 MB floppy disk.
Highlight: To select by clicking once on an icon or by highlighting text in a
document.
Hotmail: Free email service, now part of MSN.
Founder Jack Smith got the idea of accessing e-mail via the web from a computer anywhere in the world. When Sabeer Bhatia came up with the business plan for the mail service, he tried all kinds of names ending in 'mail' and finally settled for Hotmail as it included the letters "HTML" - the markup language used to write web pages. It was initially referred to as HoTMaiL with selective upper casing.
ICQ: An instant messaging service.
ICQ is not an initialism. It is a play on the phrase "I seek you" (similar to CQ in ham radio usage).
Icon: A graphic symbol for an application, file or folder.
Initialize: To format a disk for use in the computer; creates a new directory and arranges the tracks for the recording of data.
Insertion point: In word processing, the short flashing marker which indicates where your next typing will begin.
Installer: Software used to install a program on your hard drive. Icons In a graphical user interface (GUI), a small, pictorial, on screen representation of an object, such as a document, program, folder or disk drive.
Icon View allows you to see icons of folders and files primarily as icons with little information.
Interrupt button: A tool used by programmers to enter the debugging mode. The button is usually next to the reset button.
ID10T: Pronounced "ID ten T" is a code frequently used by a customer service representative (CSR) to annotate their notes and identify the source of a problem as the person who is reporting the problem rather than the system being blamed. This is a thinly veiled reference to the CSR's opinion that the person reporting the problem is an IDIOT. Example: Problem reported caused by ID10T, no resolution possible. See also PEBKAC.
