hardware – the physical parts of a computer and related devices.
- Computer hardware includes the monitor, keyboard, disk drive, mouse and wiring.
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to crash – to suddenly stop working.
- Guti was in the middle of his online English lesson when his computer crashed.
Technology Vocabulary Set 5: The internet
internet – the extensive global system of connected computers that allows people to
share information and communicate with each other.
- I love the fact that I can get free English lessons on the internet.
to surf the internet – to look at a series of websites one after the other.
- I spent hours surfing the internet searching for the best holiday deals.
online – connected to the internet.
- Most of my friends do their grocery shopping online but I prefer to go to the
supermarket and choose my food items myself.
website – a set of pages of information on the internet about a particular subject,
published by a single person or organization.
- I found an excellent website about how to train puppies the other day.
to browse – to look for and look at information on the internet.
- I often browse the internet for gift ideas when a friend has a birthday coming up.
wifi – using radio or microwaves rather than wires to connect to the internet.
- Having a wifi connection gives me so much more freedom in the way I work as I’m
no longer tied to my desk.
wifi hotspot – an area with an accessible wireless network, often a public place.
- Whenever the ship was in port, the crew flocked to the nearest wifi hotspot to
connect with their families back home.
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