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
Tech: A tiny piece of equipment, usually made of silicon, used in the production of electronic components.
Non-tech: 1. A small piece of glass, stone or wood that has broken off.
2. A thin slice or strip of potato fried in oil.
3. A small round disk used in casinos.
• DOMAIN
Tech: A group of computers on a network that function as a unit, sharing the same name on the internet.
Non-tech: A territory ruled by a ruler or government.
• FIREWALL
Tech: A protective program to defend computers against trojans, viruses or worms.
Non-tech: A wall designed to protect buildings from a spreading fire.
• HARDWARE
Tech: The physical components of a computer. The non-physical ones, such as programmes, are software.
Non-tech: Metalware, such as nails, screws, tools, locks, cutlery, pans etc.
• HOME
Tech: The initial page of a website.
Non-tech: 1. The place where we live permanently, especially with our family.
2. The finishing point in a race.
3. In games, the place where a player is free from attack.
• PLATFORM
Tech: A specific type of computer hardware, computer operating system or database.
Non-tech: 1. A raised horizontal structure. 2. The area next to the railway tracks where passengers enter and exit a train.
• PORT
Tech: The portion of a computer to which an external device, such as a mouse or a USB stick, can be connected.
Non-tech: The place where ships or boats arrive and depart.
• PORTAL
Tech: A website that functions as an entrance to the internet by offering a list of links to other sites.
Non-tech: A large and imposing entrance.
• SITE
Tech: Also: website. A connected group of pages on the internet, devoted to a single topic and usually maintained by one person or organization.
Non-tech: A place, area or location.
• UNDER CONSTRUCTION
Tech: While a website is being worked on, it can maintain its web presence with a page containing the message “Under construction”.
Non-tech: A building that is being worked on is under construction.
• WALLPAPER
Tech: A picture or design used as the background of a mobile phone or computer screen.
Non-tech: Coloured or patterned paper covering a wall for decorative purposes.
• WINDOW
Tech: A rectangular area on a screen in which a document or application can be viewed independently.
Non-tech: An opening in the wall of a building for letting in light and air.