Term: Wire Gauges
4ᵗʰ Grader: Wire gauges are how big or small the wire is. The smaller the gauge is the bigger the wire will be. Think of a worm;
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The term bug, to programmers is a machine code error that affects the way a computer code runs. It either prevents it from running or makes the code peform the
Term: Data Integrity
4ᵗʰ Grader: Something that does not change even if you make many copies of it. For example, if you make a photocopy of a photo, that should
4th Grader: Decrypting is like taking a secret message that’s all jumbled and then making it into a message that you could read.
Older non tech adult: Decrypting can be
4th grade student: Firewall is a software or device that doesn’t allow anyone who shouldn’t be there.
Older non-tech adult: Firewall is a software or hardware that prevents unauthorized access
4th grade student: A script is a specialized computer program used to define and control the sequence of events during an experiment of creating a program like games that
Adult non-tech: Network is the way that allow devices to communicate and share data with each other. All devices have to be conected to the same router, so they can
4th Grade Definition: Encoding is taking things like numbers or letters and changing it into another form of data.
Older Adult Definition: Encoding is the process of taking something like
Term: E-Commerce
4th grade student- E-Commerce consists of buying or selling of products via electronic means such as the internet or other electronic services. E-Commerce increases profits, it can increase
4th Grader: A hard drive allows the computer to store data.
Older Non Tech Adult: A hard drive uses read-write mechanisms to allow the computer to store data.
Term: Virus
Fourth grader: Virus is like a program that can copy itself and infect a computer without permission of the user.
older non-tech adult: it’s a type
