Unit 8: Vocabulary

Please study the 21 vocabulary terms below. Then press the Mark Complete button to continue.
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acronym
an abbreviation; a way of writing a longer string of words more concisely
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IT is an acronym for Information Technology.
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bandwidth
a measurement of the capacity of data which can be moved between two points in a given period of time
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The website performed very poorly because it was graphically heavy and required more bandwidth than was available.
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benchmark
a measurement or standard that serves as a point of reference by which process performance is measured
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The magazine article used PCMark 7 scores as a benchmark for computer performance.

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