What are the most important computer terms I should know?
Updated: 06/02/2020 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 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
- Apple Touch Icon
- System
- Applications
- IOS
- Terminal
- Extension
- QuickTime
- MacBook
- All Apple terms
Top AI terms
- Data
- Database
- Digital assistant
- Hopebot
- Algorithm
- Python
- AI
- Cortana
- Prolog
- Turing machine
- All AI terms
Top battery terms
- Batteries
- Li-Ion
- Coin cell battery
- MAH
- ExpressCharge
- NiMH
- Power
- Battery slice
- Ni-Cad
- Battery backup
- All battery terms
Top business terms
- Software
- Spreadsheet
- Word processor
- Internal
- Internet
- Server
- Website
- PowerPoint
- Projector
- All business terms
Top camera terms
- Input device
- USB
- Webcam
- Digital cameras
- Image
- Memory card
- Flash memory
- LCD
- SD Card
- Picture
- All camera terms
Top phone terms
Top certification terms
- CEH
- ETA
- ISO
- Computer literacy
- Degree
- N+
- Ingress Protection Rating
- A+
- CBL
- CCNA
- All certification terms
Top chat terms
Top color terms
- Black
- 16-bit color
- 32-bit color
- LED
- Pink
- Transparent
- Magenta
- Hexadecimal
- Color depth
- Grayscale
- All color terms
Top database terms
Top disc terms
Top electronics terms
- Vacuum tube
- Lint free cloth
- Jumpers
- Semiconductor
- Transistor
- Bare chip
- Switch
- Source
- And gate
- Clock
- All electronics terms
Top e-mail terms
- Server
- Username
- Junk mail folder
- E-mail header
- @
- Domain
- Phishing
- Mail merge
- Gmail
- All e-mail terms
Top floppy terms
- Storage devices
- Secondary storage device
- Tab
- FDD
- Floppy
- 3.5-Inch diskette
- Floppy cable
- Format
- Write protection
- Magnetic media
- All floppy terms
Top game terms
Top hardware terms
- Input device
- Motherboard
- Output device
- Storage device
- Memory
- Computer
- Mouse
- Hard drive
- CPU
- Printer
- All hardware terms
Top hard drive terms
- Storage
- Hard disk
- Secondary storage device
- Boot partition
- Jump drive
- Drive
- IDE
- Hidden partition
- SATA
- BIT
- All hard drive terms
Top HTML terms
- Browser
- HTML address
- Htm
- Web page
- Server
- Script
- Website
- HTML link
- HTML font size
- <ul>
- All HTML terms
Top Internet terms
Top keyboard terms
- Input device
- Windows key
- Function keys
- Ctrl
- Scroll lock key
- Tilde
- Hyphen
- Tab
- Pipe
- Fn
- All keyboard terms
Top measurement terms
Top memory terms
- Storage device
- Memory
- RAM
- ROM
- Core
- Pipe
- Primary storage device
- Jump drive
- Memory slot
- Refresh
- All memory terms
Top modem terms
- Download
- Modem
- Phone connector
- Data transfer
- Terminal
- Telephone
- Handshake
- Python
- Characters per second
- Dial-up
- All modem terms
Top motherboard terms
- Full-ATX
- BIOS
- CMOS
- Expansion slot
- USB
- System panel cables
- IDE
- Serial Port
- Northbridge
- Address bus
- All motherboard terms
Top mouse terms
- Input device
- Mice
- GUI
- USB
- Right-click
- Joystick
- Serial port
- Scroll bar
- PS/2
- Pointing device
- All mouse terms
Top network terms
- Class A
- Download
- Network
- Mesh topology
- Ring topology
- Internet
- Bus topology
- Hub
- Communication device
- All network terms
Top operating system terms
- Windows 10
- Windows key
- Graphic User Interface
- My Computer
- Disk Cleanup
- Desktop
- Start menu
- Start
- Windows
- Directory
- All operating system terms
Top power terms
- Power Supply
- AC adapter
- Transistor
- AVR
- ATX style connector
- SMPS
- P4
- Capacitor
- UPS
- Power cord
- All power terms
Top printer terms
- Output device
- Printer
- Pen Plotter
- Margin
- Page setup
- Hard copy
- Print preview
- Print Screen key
- Centronics
- Laser printer
- All printer terms
Top processor terms
- Central Processing Unit
- Core
- GHz
- Instruction set
- Active heat sink
- Machine cycle
- Control unit
- Instructions
- Clock cycle
- X86
- All processor terms
Top programming terms
- NBSP
- HTML
- Machine language
- 1GL
- Pipe
- Programming language
- Assembly
- ASCII
- Low-level language
- Ternary operator
- All programming terms
Top scanner terms
- Flatbed scanner
- Image
- Business card reader
- OCR
- TWAIN
- Scan line
- Optical reader
- ISIS
- Digitize
- All scanner terms
Top security terms
- Network
- Incognito mode
- Unauthorized access
- Username
- Monitor
- Computer crime
- Cyber law
- HTTPS
- Ethical hacking
- Virus
- All computer security terms
Top SEO terms
- IP
- Browser
- Uniform Resource Locator
- HTML
- Web page
- Internet
- Directory
- Server
- Website
- All SEO terms
Top software terms
- Software
- Microsoft Word
- Spreadsheet
- Binary
- Word processor
- Device driver
- Tab
- File
- Excel
- SCCM
- All software terms
Top sound terms
- Frequency response
- Audio output device
- Headphones
- Microphone
- Line in
- Voice recognition
- Line out
- AVR
- Audio conversion device
- Multimedia
- All sound terms
Top spreadsheet terms
- Spreadsheet
- Data
- Tab
- HLOOKUP
- Excel
- Dollar sign
- Workbook
- Column
- Alignment
- Formula
- All spreadsheet terms
Top tape drive terms
- Storage
- Removable disk
- Tape
- Media
- Sequential access
- BOM
- Sequential file
- Spindle
- QIC
- Disk cartridge
- All tape drive terms
Top typography terms
- Block letter
- Tab
- ASCII
- Acute
- Font size
- Character map
- Word processing
- Alignment
- Bullet
- Uppercase
- All typography terms
Top video card terms
- Output device
- Video adapter
- Monitor
- Projector
- VGA
- HDMI
- Touch screen
- Refresh
- Cathode-Ray Tube
- VDU
- All video card terms