This is not a hard question, really: What do the words cookie, scuzzy, mouse, spam, gopher, and RAM have in common? Are they: A) the newest display at the local zoo; B) an Epicurean menu from a new ...

Los Angeles officials have asked that manufacturers, suppliers and contractors stop using the terms “master” and “slave” on computer equipment, saying such terms are unacceptable and offensive. THE ...

Languages evolve over time. New words are added to our collective lexicon — some of which are just corruptions of existing words –- and old words sometimes receive new definitions. Often, these words ...

It's a plain fact: Entrepreneurs need a handle on technology--everything from hardware and networking to executing transactions in cyberspace. The following glossary of terms, care of O'Reilly Media, ...

People who are familiar with computers and other electronic devices and circuits, and who use the knowledge and technology to clear seemingly impossible problems, are called "hackers" and their ...

The first CD-ROM subscription service that aggregated articles and abstracts from major computer periodicals. Starting out in the early 1990s, it wound up with more than 175,000 article abstracts and ...

Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. It is a subfield of computer graphics and animation. Increasingly it is created by means of 3D computer graphics, ...