| Name |
Description |
| C |
C is a programming language developed due to the development of UNIX. It is an fast language that allows the programmer to have more control of their programs than other programming languages. |
| C++ |
C++ is a programming language that is the successor to the original C programming language. It incorporates new concepts, most notably object-oriented structured like programming. |
| Case |
The "box" where the mainboard and all the other components is placed. |
| CD-ROM |
Compact Disk Read-Only Memory. Uses CDs to store data. |
| CD-ROM |
(Compact Disk-Read Only Memory) A misnomer, as strictly speaking it is not memory but storage. Identical to standard music CDs. Currently the most popular medium for releasing programs on, as it can hold about 450 times as much information as a standard floppy disk, about 650 Megabytes. |
| CD-RW |
(Compact Disk-ReWriter) A CD drive which can create CDs, including both audio and data, using either standard write-once CDs or special rewriteable ones. |
| Celeron |
A PC processor - Intel's budget chip, cheaper than the Pentium, but also less powerful. |
| Clock speed |
The speed at which a chip is running. Although people associate it with Processors, other chips have a clock speed that they follow as well. |
| CMOS |
(Combined Metal Oxide Semiconductor; pr. "see-moss") A special type of memory which retains its data when the PC is switched off, used to store settings for things like what type of hard disk you have, and how much memory. The settings are accessed via the BIOS. |
| Color depth |
The number of bits of memory assigned to each pixel determines the number of colors a pixel can represent. Eight bits per pixel gives the designer 256 possible colors. |
| CPU |
Often though of as the brains of the computer. It is used to Fetch, Decode, Manipulate data for the computer user. |
| CPU |
The brain of the computer that processes all the information so that a computer can function. |
| Cracker |
This is the common term used to describe a malicious hacker. Crackers get into all kinds of mischief, including breaking or "cracking" copy protection on software programs, breaking into systems and causing harm, changing data, or stealing. |
| CRT |
(Cathode Ray Tube) The imaging technology used in most desktop monitors. Provides an excellent colour display, but is extremely bulky and is now being gradually supplanted by TFT. |
| Cyrix |
A company that develop and selling CPU's, the latest Cyrix III. |
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