All visitors are logged and counted. Click on this icon to view the visitor-statistics. The grand encyclopedia of computer terminology This encyclopedia is compiled by produkties.uithuizen.net This explains the most common computerterms which you can encounter. This list was compiled from several sources. It does not explain HTML commands in detail because for this purpose another encyclopedia is available.The most recent update of this document can be found at: http://www.uithuizen.net/encyclopedia/terms.php Choose a list of terms you want to see .A-.Z   0-9   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 Type a term you want to search for: and You want more information? Well click on these links: Random House Personal Computer Dictionary g      GAIL.F   GURLWatcher 101 items available in this category GAIL.F Known spyware or adware. GAIN Known spyware or adware. GameBar Known spyware or adware. Gamma correction This is a method to correct the lightness or darkness of pictures, so that the pictures appear with the same brightness on any monitor. GAMsys Known spyware or adware. GANDA.A Known spyware or adware. GANT.B Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.AA Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.AE Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.AF Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.AN Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.AO Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.AP Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.BB Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.BC Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.BF Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.BH Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.BI Known spyware or adware. Gaobot.BIE Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.BM Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.BT Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.BV Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.CA Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.DJ Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.DK Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.FB Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.FL Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.FQ Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.GEN Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.JB Known spyware or adware. GAOBOT.P Known spyware or adware. GASLIDE Known spyware or adware. GASTER Known spyware or adware. GATECRASH.A Known spyware or adware. gateway 1) The technical meaning is a hardware or software set-up that translates between two dissimilar protocols. 2) A site on one online service that lets you operate on another online service. Also called router. Gator Known spyware or adware. GatorCheat Known spyware or adware. GB Giga Byte = 1024 MB = 1048576 KB = 1073741824 bytes; the newest unit to measure capacity of harddisks. Gb GigaBit (1,000 megabits). One Billion Bits of Information. GDI Acronym for Graphical Device Interface. Geek An individual who enjoys computers and technology and frequently uses the computer in his or her free time rather than participating in any other activities. While a Geek shares some similarities to a nerd or a hacker, they are not the same. GEMA Known spyware or adware. GEMEL Known spyware or adware. General Protection Fault A rather notorious problem eminent in Windows versions before Windows 98. Geographic Information System The representation of objects in space and the processing of queries on those objects are specific areas of investigation that are being heavily pursued by the developers of GISs. GFLOPS Acronym for Giga (billions) of FLoating-point Operations Per Second. GGP Acronym for Gateway-Gateway protocol. GHOST.23 Known spyware or adware. GhostKeyLog Known spyware or adware. GHZ Acronym for GigaHertZ. GIBE Known spyware or adware. GIBE.B Known spyware or adware. GIF Graphics Interchange Format. See also .gif. Gigabit Ethernet A later Ethernet technology that utilizes all four copper wires in a Category 5 (Cat 5 & Cat 5e) capable of transferring 1 Gbps. GigaTech SuperBar Known spyware or adware. Gigex SpeedDelivery Known spyware or adware. GINK Known spyware or adware. GIS Acronym for Geographic Information System. GIX Acronym for Global Internet eXchange. glassfiber A very thin fiber used for transport of digital data in the form of lightpulses. Global Satellite Messaging A very accurate positioning system, which uses satellites and computernetworks. Global System for Mobile Communications A digital mobile telephone system that is widely used in Europe and other parts of the world. GSM uses a variation of time division multiple access (TDMA) and is the most widely used of the three digital wireless telephone technologies (TDMA, GSM, and CDMA). GSM digitizes and compresses data, then sends it down a channel with two other streams of user data, each in its own time slot. It operates at either the 900 MHz or 1800 MHz frequency band. GSM together with other technologies is part of an evolution of wireless mobile telemmunication that includes High-Speed Circuit-Switched Data (HCSD), General Packet Radio System (GPRS), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), and Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS). GMS Acronym for Global Messaging Service. GMT Acronym for Greenwich Mean Time. See also Zulu Time. GND Acronym for GrouND (signal/system). Go! Known spyware or adware. Go!Zilla Known spyware or adware. GoHip Known spyware or adware. GoHip/Browserenh Known spyware or adware. Goidr Known spyware or adware. Gold Release The first non-beta version of software. GoldenEye Known spyware or adware. GOP.G Known spyware or adware. gopher More or less the predecessor of the WWW. Gopher files are text-only and look therefore not so sophisticated as the WWW-files. It is also the name of a navigation service. GOSUSUB Known spyware or adware. GOTORM Known spyware or adware. GPF Acronym for General Protection Fault. GPI Acronym for Graphics Programming Interface. GPIX Known spyware or adware. GPREMIER Known spyware or adware. GPS Acronym for Global Positioning System. GRAMOS Known spyware or adware. Graphical User Interface A user friendly interface which uses icons. GRAPS Known spyware or adware. Gratisware Known spyware or adware. GRAYBIRD.C Known spyware or adware. GRAYBIRD.D Known spyware or adware. GRAYBIRD.E Known spyware or adware. GRAYBIRD.F Known spyware or adware. grayscale A way of representing shades of color on a screen or printer that has less color capability than a drawing it is to display or print. It does so by using halftone patterns to create a range of gray shades. Each original color is assigned to a different shade of gray rather than just a black or white value. GreatPlugin Known spyware or adware. GREP Acronym for Global Regular Expression Print. greyscale The same as grayscale. GRUEL Known spyware or adware. GSM 1) Acronym for Global Satellite Messaging. 2) Acronym for Global System for Mobile Communications. GUBED Known spyware or adware. guest An anonymous user in a network or host. guestbook Webpage that requests visitors of a website for their names, E-mail addresses and remarks. GUI Acronym for Graphical User Interface. GURLWatcher Known spyware or adware. This encyclopedia is for informational purposes only. All (registered) trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners. No infringement of third party rights intended. The author cannot garantuee that the information presented is complete or that it contains no errors.