What are the most important computer terms I should know?
Updated: 10/11/2021 by Computer Hope
There are thousands of abbreviations, terms, and words that are associated with computers, we should know, we currently have over 15,000 terms listed in our computer dictionary. However, trying to read every definition would take too much time and not all are going to be related to what you may be interested in learning. So, we've created the following table of the top 10 computer terms based on visitors to each page, grouped into each of the major computer categories.
- Top Apple terms
- Top AI terms
- Top battery terms
- Top business terms
- Top camera terms
- Top phone terms
- Top certification terms
- Top chat terms
- Top color terms
- Top database terms
- Top disc terms
- Top electronics terms
- Top e-mail terms
- Top floppy terms
- Top game terms
- Top hardware terms
- Top hard drive terms
- Top HTML terms
- Top Internet terms
- Top keyboard terms
- Top measurement terms
- Top memory terms
- Top modem terms
- Top motherboard terms
- Top mouse terms
- Top network terms
- Top operating system terms
- Top power terms
- Top printer terms
- Top processor terms
- Top programming terms
- Top scanner terms
- Top security terms
- Top SEO terms
- Top computer slang
- Top software terms
- Top sound terms
- Top spreadsheet terms
- Top tape drive terms
- Top typography terms
- Top video card terms
- Top word processor terms
Top Apple terms
- Command key
- Menu bar
- Option key
- Apple Touch Icon
- App store
- Applications
- Terminal
- App
- Finder
- Mount
- All Apple terms
Top AI terms
- Data
- Hopebot
- Database
- Automation
- Algorithm
- Python
- AI
- Digital assistant
- Data center
- Cortana
- All AI terms
Top battery terms
- Batteries
- Charger
- Coin cell battery
- Li-Ion
- ExpressCharge
- Battery backup
- Power
- MAH
- Charge
- NiMH
- All battery terms
Top business terms
- Software
- Spreadsheet
- Word processor
- Server
- Website
- Internal
- PowerPoint
- Internet
- Projector
- All business terms
Top camera terms
- Input device
- USB
- Digital cameras
- Webcam
- Image
- LCD
- Memory card
- SD Card
- Flash memory
- Google Lens
- All camera terms
Top phone terms
Top certification terms
Top chat terms
Top color terms
Top database terms
Top disc terms
Top electronics terms
- Lint free cloth
- Jumpers
- Vacuum tube
- Transistor
- Switch
- Bare chip
- Clock
- Source
- Capacitor
- LED
- All electronics terms
Top e-mail terms
- Server
- Username
- Junk mail folder
- Domain
- Hotmail
- E-mail header
- @
- Inbox
- Outlook
- All e-mail terms
Top floppy terms
- Storage devices
- Secondary storage device
- Tab
- Floppy
- FDD
- Format
- Disk
- Floppy cable
- Magnetic media
- Write protection
- All floppy terms
Top game terms
Top hardware terms
- Keyboard
- Motherboard
- Function key
- Storage device
- Input device
- Hard drive
- Computer
- CPU
- Hardware
- Mouse
- All hardware terms
Top hard drive terms
- Storage
- Hard disk
- Secondary storage device
- Drive
- Jump drive
- Permanent storage
- Boot partition
- IDE
- ScanDisk
- Disk capacity
- All hard drive terms
Top HTML terms
- Web page
- HTML address
- Server
- Website
- HTML
- HTML link
- Browser
- HTML font size
- Domain
- Social network
- All HTML terms
Top Internet terms
Top keyboard terms
- Keyboard
- Function keys
- Input device
- Windows key
- Alt+F4
- Scroll lock key
- Tilde
- Ctrl
- Back quote
- Fn
- All keyboard terms
Top measurement terms
Top memory terms
- Storage device
- RAM
- Memory
- Pipe
- Core
- ROM
- Primary storage device
- Jump drive
- Refresh
- Programmable ROM
- All memory terms
Top modem terms
- Download
- Modem
- Data transfer
- Terminal
- Phone connector
- Python
- Dial-up
- COM
- Upload
- Communications
- All modem terms
Top motherboard terms
- Full-ATX
- BIOS
- USB
- Expansion slot
- CMOS
- Address bus
- Serial Port
- System panel cables
- POST
- IDE
- All motherboard terms
Top mouse terms
- Input device
- GUI
- Mice
- USB
- Right-click
- Serial port
- Pointing device
- Scroll bar
- Mouse pointer
- Joystick
- All mouse terms
Top network terms
- Class A
- Network
- Ring topology
- Mesh topology
- Network server
- Username
- Communication device
- Download
- Hub
- All network terms
Top operating system terms
- Graphic User Interface
- My Computer
- Windows key
- Windows 10
- Operating system
- Windows
- Temporary file
- Start
- Command key
- Desktop
- All operating system terms
Top power terms
- Power Supply
- AC adapter
- Transistor
- Power options
- ATX style connector
- P4
- Capacitor
- Power button
- P8 connector
- Power cord
- All power terms
Top printer terms
- Output device
- Printer
- Pen Plotter
- Page setup
- Print Screen key
- Print preview
- Landscape mode
- Centronics
- Hard copy
- Print spooler
- All printer terms
Top processor terms
- Central Processing Unit
- Instruction set
- Core
- Machine cycle
- GHz
- Control unit
- Instructions
- Active heat sink
- Processing
- ALU
- All processor terms
Top programming terms
- Programming language
- ASCII
- HTML
- Pipe
- NBSP
- Program
- 1GL
- Data type
- Regex
- Curly bracket
- All programming terms
Top scanner terms
- Flatbed scanner
- Image
- OCR
- Business card reader
- TWAIN
- Optical reader
- ISIS
- Digitize
- Scan line
- All scanner terms
Top security terms
- Network
- Prime number
- Username
- Computer crime
- Monitor
- Scam
- Unauthorized access
- Cyber law
- Update
- Antivirus
- All computer security terms
Top SEO terms
- IP
- Web page
- Uniform Resource Locator
- Server
- Website
- HTML
- Hyperlink
- Browser
- Directory
- All SEO terms
Top computer slang
Top software terms
- Software
- Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheet
- Word processor
- Binary
- Device driver
- SCCM
- Tab
- File
- Excel
- All software terms
Top sound terms
- Frequency response
- Line in
- Audio output device
- Line out
- Voice recognition
- Multimedia
- Microphone
- Headphones
- Audio
- IPod
- All sound terms
Top spreadsheet terms
- Spreadsheet
- Dollar sign
- Tab
- Enter
- Data
- Excel
- Arrow keys
- Column
- Delimiter
- Workbook
- All spreadsheet terms
Top tape drive terms
- Storage
- Sequential access
- Tape
- Removable disk
- Media
- Spindle
- Sequential file
- BOM
- Interblock gap
- DAT
- All tape drive terms
Top typography terms
- Special characters
- Block letter
- ASCII
- Acute
- Tab
- Word processing
- Font size
- Uppercase
- Formatted text
- Font
- All typography terms
Top video card terms
- Output device
- Video adapter
- Touch screen
- Monitor
- VGA
- Raster
- Projector
- Refresh
- HDMI
- Multimedia
- All video card terms
Top word processor terms
