IT (Information Technology) Vocabulary

wireless access ultimedia software

blue tooth ADSL
personal organiser / PDA spam
smart phone / i-phone  bookmark
USB flash driver cybercafé / sex / space
camcorder / digital camera hyperlink
online banking / shopping internet banking
information overload phishing
cyber bullying text messaging
hacker
on the internet

o Access / go on / navigate / use / browse / surf the internet

o Internet site / website / ad / link / address / search / connection / browser / search
engine / provider / file / access

o Social networking: MySpace / Facebook / Twenty / Twitter / Bebo

o webcam(era) / web page / website / web(maga)zine / web address
o an online newspaper / magazine / dictionary
o ...its rapid development is changing medicine, education, communication...
o ...the general public have regular access to the internet,
o How about younger generations? How ofen do they use texting? Do they have a blog?
Are they members of an online community? Do they listen to their music on an MP3,
MP4 player? Do they do online gaming?
o Digital technology is increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives.
o Text, images, sound and video are stored digitally, they can be transferred from one
piece of equipment to another easily.
o Since the early 1990s the web has made available to anyone with access a
wealth of digital resources.
o We have also been able to create our own websites, hand-held computers
and MP3 players. 
o ...bring / keep your stuff (music, photos, videos, presentations,
documents...) on a portable device
o linked to a global community
o Capture and editing of video files can be undertaken on any up-to-date laptop. These
films can be transferred on to CDs or DVDs and played locally, or uploaded to a server
for broadcast.
o The role of technology is changing...
o communicate with each other via email.
o To be a technophobe 

o To be absolutely / completely / entirely dependent (up)on...

o ” I (really) couldn’t get by without...”
o “I could never be parted from my mobile phone!”
o “It’s very difficult for a gadget freak like me to choose just one item that I couldn’t do
without.”

o Podcasting has added a sound dimension to the interactive and portable

nature of digital media.

o computer-savvy: knowing a lot about computers and able to make good judgements
about them

o text = write an SMS (message)

o Log on to www.bloglanguages. com for a free trial
o Download / Upload an almost inexhaustible selection of multimedia interactive
exercises, podcasts, video clips and much, much more.

o Get instant email feedback on your work. Keep in touch with classmates with Skype or SMS.
o A bug caused the company's computer system to crash. 
o A laptop would be really useful 

o A virus /ˈvaɪərəs/ erased my hard disk.

o I'm going to copy / save this file.

o Select the 'Edit' menu and then choose 'Copy'.
o Select the option you want from the pop-up (menu).
o a word processing program / package
o YouTube is a website that allows people to show videos they have made on the Internet
o Do you use a Mac or a PC?
o wi-fi /ˈwaɪ.faɪ/ a system for connecting electronic equipment such as computers and
electronic organizers to the Internet without using wires

o PlayStation / Wii /wiː/ machines that you use to play games on your television
o ...