Glossary of Terms for Understanding Technology
Glossary
There are currently 8 glossary in this directory beginning with the letter H.
Hard drive
A computer hard drive (or a hard disk or HDD) is one kind of technology that stores the operating system, applications, and data files such a documents, pictures and music that your computer uses. The rest of the components in your computer work together to show you the applications and files stored on your hard drive.
Hardware
The physical components of a computer system, such as the central processing unit (CPU), memory, and storage devices.
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
is the standard markup language used to create and structure the content of web pages. It provides a set of elements or tags that define the structure, layout, and semantic meaning of the content displayed in a web browser.
HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol)
is an application-layer protocol used for transmitting data over the internet. It forms the foundation of data communication on the World Wide Web and is responsible for the transfer of web pages, images, videos, and other resources between web servers and web browsers.