alias (AS) Another name assigned to a column name in the output of query in a database. Wikipedia
American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) A fixed-length binary character-encoding scheme. Wikipedia
binary Base 2 number system using 1 and 0. The only language a computer speaks. Wikipedia Wikipedia
bit Smallest unit of data a computer can recognize. Wikipedia
buffer Area of memory used to hold data.
buffer Memory used to store data temporarily. Wikipedia
bytes per second (Bps) Wikipedia
cache Reduces the main memory access time. Wikipedia
character A data type. Wikipedia
character encoding Wikipedia W3Schools
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Commodore-64 Scene Data Base (CSDB)
Compact Disc File System (CDFS) Wikipedia
data (information) The smallest form is a bit but can be represented by byte, kilobyte (KB), megabyte (MB), gigabyte (GB), terabyte (TB), petabyte (PB), exabyte (EB), zettabyte (ZB), yottabyte (YB). Wikipedia
data structure A way of organizing data. Wikipedia
data type A classification identifying the type of data. (i.e. Wikipedia
Desktop Services Store (.DS_Store) A hidden file created by Finder in OS X. Wikipedia
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Digital Linear Tape (DLT) (formerly: CompacTape) Magnetic tape data storage technology. Maximum capacity of 800GB or 160GB in the value line. Developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1984. Wikipedia
Dynamic-Link Library (DLL) Microsoft's implementation of a shared library. Wikipedia
exabyte (EB) 1000 petabytes Wikipedia
Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) Wikipedia
GUID Partition Table (GPT) Wikipedia
H.264 Video codec. (AKA: MPEG-4 AVC) Wikipedia
hexadecimal (hex) Base-16 number system. Used in IPv6 and MAC addresses. 4 hexadecimal units = 16 binary units. Usually represented in text by the value preceded by 0x. Wikipedia
High Performance File System (HPFS) Wikipedia
integer (int) A data type. Wikipedia
ISO 9660 The file system used in compact discs as a standard across multiple operating systems. Wikipedia
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kilobyte (KB) 1024 (1000) bytes. Wikipedia
LaserDisc (LD) Type of optical disc with a 0.3 GB capacity. Released December 15, 1978. Wikipedia
LDAC Audio codec from Sony that allows up to 990 kbit/s at 24bit/96khz bit rate over Bluetooth. Website Wikipedia
Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Magnetic tape data storage technology. Maximum capacity of 12 TB with the 8th generation as of 2017. LTO-1 released in 2000. Wikipedia
Master File Table (MFT) Part of NTFS. All metadata is stored in the MFT. MSDN Wikipedia
megabyte (MB) 1 million bytes.
memory address Identifies locations in memory with a physical address. Used by a device such as a CPU. Wikipedia
Metadata Data that describes other data. Wikipedia
null Used to specify no value.
octal (oct) Base-8 number system. Wikipedia
octet Four octets make up an ip address. Each octet has 8 binary bits. For example in 192.168.1.000000001, the 4th or last octet (00000001) is represented in binary. Wikipedia
Portable Network Graphics (PNG) Designed for transferring images on the Internet, not for professional-quality print graphics. Wikipedia
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tebibyte (TiB) (1024 gibibytes = 1,099,511,627,776 bytes) Defined by the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Wikipedia
terabyte (TB) 1 trillion bytes. Wikipedia
Unicode standard character encoding Wikipedia
yottabyte (YB) 1000 zettabytes Wikipedia