Preface -- Table of contents -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- A -- absolute -- Accelerated Graphics Port -- AGP, -- acceptable use -- WebWasher -- Access -- access privilege -- access provider -- access time -- account -- accumulator -- ack -- abbreviation for acknowledgement, -- ACM -- Acorn -- acoustic coupler -- acoustic coupler -- Acrobat -- acronym -- Active Desktop -- active matrix LCD -- or TFT (thin film transistor) display, -- Active Server Page -- ASP, -- active window -- ActiveX -- Ada -- ADC -- adder -- add-on -- address -- memory address -- MAC address -- network address -- internet e-mail address -- address book -- address bus -- Adobe -- Adobe Type Manager -- ADSL -- abbreviation for asymmetric digital subscriber line, loop, or link, -- Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface -- advertising -- agent -- AGP -- AI -- Aiken, Howard Hathaway (1900-1973) -- Aldus PageMaker -- ALGOL -- contraction of algorithmic language, -- algorithm -- alias -- aliasing -- or jaggies, -- ALife -- Allen, Paul Gardner (1953- ) -- alligator clip -- alpha -- alpha channel -- alphanumeric data -- AltaVista -- alt hierarchy -- ALU -- Amazon.com -- AMD -- abbreviation for Advanced Micro Devices, -- Amdahl, Gene (1922-1998) -- American National Standards Institute -- ANSI, -- American National Standards Institute -- America Online -- AOL, -- Amiga -- analogue -- analogue computer -- analogue-to-digital converter -- ADC, -- analogue-to-digital converter -- analyst -- or business analyst or systems analyst, -- analytical engine -- anamorphic projection -- anchor -- AND gate -- Andreessen, Marc (1972- ) -- angle brackets -- symbols , -- animation, computer -- first achievements -- algorithms and initial image creation -- adding solidity and colour.

light reflection -- mapping for realism -- fog and haze -- annotate -- anonymous FTP -- abbreviation for anonymous file transfer protocol, -- anonymous remailer -- anorak -- ANSI -- anti-aliasing -- antivirus software -- AOL -- Apache -- API -- Apple -- history -- applet -- application -- application service provider -- ASP, -- applications package -- Applications Program Interface -- API, -- Archie -- Archimedes -- architecture -- Computer Architecture Page -- archive -- argument -- arithmetic and logic unit -- ALU, -- ARM -- acronym for Advanced RISC Machine, -- ARPANET -- acronym for Advanced Research Projects Agency NETwork, -- array -- article -- or posting, -- artificial intelligence -- AI, -- artificial life -- or Alife, -- Artificial Life -- machines mimicking life -- patterns -- behaviour -- processes -- the future -- ASCII -- acronym for American Standard Code for Information Interchange, -- ASCII Chart and Other Resources -- ASCII art -- ASIC -- abbreviation for application-specific integrated circuit, -- ASP -- aspect ratio -- assembler -- assembly language -- Assembler Zone -- Association for Computing Machinery -- ACM, -- asterisk -- symbol * -- or star, -- asymmetric digital subscriber loop -- asynchronous -- asynchronous transfer mode -- ATM, -- Atanasoff, John Vincent (1903-1995) -- ATAPI -- acronym for Advanced Technology Attachment Packet Interface, -- AT command set -- abbreviation for attention command set, -- ATM -- attachment -- audio file -- Audio-Video Interleave -- audit trail -- augmented reality -- AUP -- authentication -- authoring -- authoring tool -- authoring tool -- authorization -- AutoCAD -- autoexec.bat -- automatic fallback -- autoresponder -- avatar -- AVI -- abbreviation for audio-visual interleave, -- B -- B2B -- abbreviation for business to business, -- B2C -- abbreviation for business to consumer,.

Babbage, Charles (1792-1871) -- backbone -- backing storage -- back-up -- back-up system -- Backus, John (1924- ) -- backwards compatible -- balloon help -- bandwidth -- bang -- bang path -- banner -- bar code -- bar code -- BarCode 1: A Web Of Information About Bar Code -- Bardeen, John (1908-1991) -- Barlow, John Perry (1948- ) -- Barnsley, Michael -- baseband -- BASIC -- acronym for Beginner's All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code, -- BASIC Archives -- batch file -- batch processing -- baud -- Baudot code -- BBC Microcomputer -- BBS -- Bell, Chester Gordon (1934- ) -- benchmark -- BeOS -- Berners-Lee, Timothy (1955- ) -- Berry, Clifford (1918-1963) -- beta -- beta version -- Bézier curve -- Bezos, Jeff (1964- ) -- Big Blue -- Big Seven hierarchies -- binary file -- binary large object -- BLOB, -- binary newsgroup -- binary number system -- binary number system -- binary search -- BinHex -- bioinformatics -- biometrics -- BIOS -- acronym for Basic Input/Output System, -- bistable circuit -- or flip-flop, -- bit -- contraction of binary digit, -- bit map -- bit map -- bit-mapped font -- Bitnet -- acronym for Because It's Time NETwork, -- bit pad -- bits per second -- bps, -- blind carbon copy -- blind signature -- blink -- bloatware -- BLOB -- block -- blocking software -- blog -- abbreviation for Web log, -- blue-ribbon campaign -- Bluetooth -- BMP -- Bolero -- bookmark -- Boole, George (1815-1864) -- Boole, George -- Boole, George (1815-1864) -- Boolean algebra -- boot -- or bootstrap, -- boot disk -- or emergency disk, -- 'bot (or agent) -- abbreviation for robot, -- bounce -- bozo filter -- bps -- Brand, Stewart (1938- ) -- Brattain, Walter (1902-1987) -- Bricklin, Dan (1951- ) -- bridge -- British Computer Society -- BCS, -- broadband -- brouter -- browse -- browser -- bubble-jet printer -- bubble memory -- bubble sort -- buddy list -- buffer.

bug -- bulletin board -- bundling -- bus -- bus -- Bushnell, Nolan (1943- ) -- Byron, (Augusta) Ada, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852) -- Byron, Ada -- byte -- C -- C++ -- Neil's C++ Stuff -- cable modem -- cache memory -- CAD -- acronym for computer-aided design, -- CAL -- acronym for computer-assisted learning, -- calculator -- Vintage Calculators -- calibration -- call for votes -- CAM -- acronym for computer-aided manufacturing, -- campus-wide information system -- CWIS, -- cancelbot -- CancelMoose -- capacity planning -- Capstone -- capture -- carbon copy -- carriage return -- CR, -- cascading style sheets -- CSS, -- Case, Steve (1958- ) -- born Stephen McDonnell Case, -- case-sensitive -- CCD -- CCITT -- CD-I -- or CD-i -- abbreviation for compact disc-interactive, -- CD-quality sound -- CD-R -- abbreviation for compact disc-recordable, -- CD-ROM -- acronym for Compact-Disc Read-Only Memory, -- Quality in a Digital Age -- listening -- watching -- reading -- writing -- quality costs money -- CD-ROM drive -- CD-ROM drive -- CD-ROM XA -- abbreviation for CD-ROM extended architecture, -- CD-RW -- abbreviation for compact disc-rewritable, -- CDTV -- abbreviation for Commodore Dynamic Total Vision, -- CE -- Celeron -- cell -- cellular modem -- CE Marking -- abbreviation for Conformité Européene Marking, -- censorship, computing -- Electronic Frontier Foundation -- Electronic Privacy Information Center -- central processing unit -- CPU, -- central processing unit -- Illustrated Guide to CPUs -- PC Technology Guide -- Centronics interface -- Cerf, Vinton (1943- ) -- CERT -- CGA -- abbreviation for colour graphics adapter, -- CGI -- chain letter -- Chambers, John Thomas (1949- ) -- channel -- character -- character printer -- character set -- character type check -- charge-coupled device -- CCD, -- chat -- check box -- check digit -- checksum -- chip.

or silicon chip, -- chip-set -- cholestric LCD screen -- chroma key -- CinePak -- CIS -- or CI, -- CISC -- acronym for Complex Instruction-Set Computer, -- Citrix -- CIX -- ClariNet -- Clark, Jim (1944- ) -- born James Clark, -- cleartext -- or plaintext, -- ClearType -- CLI -- click -- clickstream -- client -- client-server architecture -- clip art -- clipboard -- Clipper chip -- clock interrupt -- clock rate -- clone -- cluster -- CMOS -- abbreviation for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor, -- CMYK -- abbreviation for cyan-magenta-yellow-black, -- CNC -- COBOL -- acronym for common business-oriented language, -- Cocke, John (1925- ) -- code -- codec -- contraction of coder/decoder or compression/decompression, -- coffee machine -- Cold Fusion -- collapsed backbone -- collision detection -- Colossus -- colour depth -- com -- abbreviation for commercial, -- COM -- Comité Consultatif International Téléphonique et Télégraphique -- command language -- command line interface -- CLI, -- Commercial Internet eXchange -- CIX, -- common gateway interface -- CGI, -- CGI for the Total Non-Programmer -- comms program -- communications -- Communications Decency Act -- Communications Electronics Security Group -- CESG, -- communications program -- or comms program, -- compact disc -- or CD, -- compiler -- compiler -- complementary metal-oxide semiconductor -- CMOS, -- Component Object Model -- COM, -- COM port -- abbreviation for communication port, -- compound document -- Compressed Serial Line Internet Protocol -- compression -- Compulink Information eXchange -- CIX, -- CompuServe -- computer -- binary number code -- basic components -- programming -- history -- mainframe -- Computer Museum -- The Hutchinson Dictionary of Computers, Multimedia, and the Internet -- OC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing -- Webopedia -- computer-aided design.

computer-aided manufacturing.