Compu-pedia: Computer Glossary I

icon	A picture on the screen that represents a file (data, application, or command) or a directory.
install	To load software or hardware into a computer system.
integrated circuit	A (usually complex) circuit consisting of a large number of electronic components placed on a single silicon chip by a photolithographic process. The individual components are microscopic, or nearly so.
interactive	A mode of operation in which there is a continual exchange of information between the computer and the user at a video screen.
interface	The interaction or communication between different entities.
Internet	A large network of computers connected to a backbone network. The Internet spans a variety of protocols and many different physical networks around the world.
intranet	A network within an organization which provides similar services to the Internet but is not necessarily connected to it.
ISP Internet Service Provider.	A company that provides access to the Internet. Many companies also provide space on their Web servers for personal or corporate home pages.
JPG Joint Photographic Experts Group.	The original name of the committee that designed the standard image compression format. JPEG is designed for compressing either full-color or gray-scale digital images of "natural", real-world scenes.
KB Kilobyte	1024 bytes. Equivalent to half a sheet of paper's worth of typing, double spaced.
keyboard	The part of a computer system you type on.