Tech Terms Every Tech User Must Know
Words like data centers, cloud, computer, smartphones, and laptops were at some stage unknown to many, but now these have become standard. In the current scenario, many new tech words have come in that are funny, thoughtful and bizarre. Take for examples words like hot spot, cookies, Bluetooth, spam, virus, etc. How virus became a part of technical world? It is a term used to describe infection caused to human body that leads to sickness. But eventually, it was associated with technology that defines virus as a piece of code that enters within a computer system to steal, corrupt or damage data. Several such odd words exist within the technical domain. Besides, more words are buzzing and this piece will put down some latest words that entered the tech dictionary. 1. Gigaflop Gigaflop is per unit computing speed that is equivalent to one billion floating-point operations per second. It is used to determine processor speed and in what approach computers can manage exhaustive data operations. 2. Brick Brick is defined as breaking a device until it stops functioning completely, especially smartphone. To keep it simple, it is anything you do that can turn your device lifeless and nothing can bring it back to life. No wonder how hard you try to restore the device, it can’t be repaired. Thus, the effect is as strong as using a house brick and that’s how it got the name.
3. Disruptive Technology Disruptive technology has nothing to do with causing trouble. It is referred to the technology that transforms the conventional approaches of performing tasks or changes the features of products