Tech Terms 4: Food
Food is so important to us that it is even found in technology. Here are the edible bits and pieces among the tech terms – all you can eat in the tech world. Enjoy! • Cookie Tech: A small piece… Read More »Tech Terms 4: Food
Tech terms
Chip, cache, roaming … Nowadays we are familiar with a wide range of tech terms. A lot of my students can talk with ease about storing data in the cloud, but fail to talk about the weather on an overcast day.
When we talk about technology we are often not aware of the original meaning behind tech terms. This series of posts takes a closer look at them.
Tech Terms 3: Buildings and homes
The World Wide Web keeps growing as we go on building it. This is what we need hardware for, and it’s here that we find windows and portals. A pretty wallpaper can make our home look more beautiful. • CHIP… Read More »Tech Terms 3: Buildings and homes
Tech Terms 2: Nature
A lot of words we use almost daily when talking about technology come from NATURE. Read about male bees, water, rodents or invertebrates and become aware of just how much the natural world inhabits technology. • BUG Tech: A hardware… Read More »Tech Terms 2: Nature
Tech Terms 1: Gods, Parchments and Paintings
Many words that we find in technology originated in art, books, literature and religion. Find out in this post where words such as SCROLL or AVATAR come from. And do you know how the word BLOG came into existence? ART… Read More »Tech Terms 1: Gods, Parchments and Paintings