Gigabytes (GB) - A measure of computer memory or disk space consisting of 1024 megabytes.
Glitch - The reason of an unpredicted computer failure.
GUI - Graphical User Interface. A type of user interface which allows people to interact with a computer and computer-controlled devices which employ graphical icons, visual indicators or special graphical elements called "widgets", along with text labels or text navigation to represent the information and actions available to a user.
Groupware - Collaborative Software that let networked individuals create groups and work together on documents, programs, or databases.
Hacker - A highly skilled computer software and/or hardware programmer who is expert in designing and developing new computer features and programs. The term “hacker” is often mistakenly used negatively to describe a person who takes on an illegal or unethical manipulation of computer security systems.
Hard Copy - A paper printout of a digital data.
Hard Drive – Storage device that stores digitally encoded data. It houses the hard disk, where files and folders are physically saved.
Hardware - The physical tools and machinery of a computer that can only do the tasks they are mechanically designed for (e.g. PCB, monitor, disks, keyboard).
Head Crash - A detrimental type of a mechanical hard disk failure, that occurs when the read-write head of a hard disk drive comes in contact with its rotating platter.
Home page - The front page of a Website used to welcome visitors, provide general information about the site and direct the viewer to other pages on the site.
HP (Hewlett-Packard) - The world's largest information technology corporation and is famous internationally for its printers, personal computers and related services.
HTML - Hypertext Markup Language. The most popular software language used for creating web pages. Browsers interpret the codes to give the text structure and formatting (such as bold, blue, or italic).
HTTP - Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A universal method used to submit HTML documents on the World Wide Web. HTTP is the first part of all URL addresses on the World Wide Web (e.g., http://www.restoringdata.ca).
HTTPS - Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure. It is a URI used to signify a secure HTTP connection. It is identical to the http scheme except for the need for passwords to access those databases. |