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  • An important discovery or event that helps to imnprove a situation or provide an answer to a problem.
    breakthrough
  • high-speed data connection
    broadband
  • The smallest basic unit of a plant or animal.
    cell
  • To use a program on your computer e.g. ____ a computer program.
    run
  • The scientific study of electric currect and the technology that uses it.
    electronics
  • A computer programme that is designed for a particular purpose.
    application
  • A material with particular physical characteristics.
    substance
  • the sound that a mobile phone makes, especially when someone calls it
    ringtone
  • The system used for keeping the air in a building or vehicle cool.
    air conditioning
  • A record of an address of an internet page on your computer so that you can find it again easily.
    bookmark
  • Ideas which are suggested to explain a fact or idea e.g. _____ of relativity.
    theory
  • a type of electronic device that you can operate by using your finger on the screen
    touchscreen
  • go against (a trend)
    buck
  • The process of finding information, a place or an object, especially for the first time.
    discovery
  • To put electricity into an electrical device such as a battery.
    charge
  • A new idea or method.
    innovation
  • A picture or photograph, especially one shown on a computer or TV screen.
    image
  • To show that something is true e.g. _____ a theory.
    prove
  • the activity of putting a file from your computer onto a special place so other people can copy it
    file sharing
  • The pattern in which some types of energy are spread of carried.
    wave
  • the outer part of a mobile phone that does not include the batter or the SIM card
    handset
  • To keep information on a computer.
    store
  • A mistake or a problem in a computer program.
    bug
  • Alive now (adjective).
    living
  • to walk around a shop looking at several things without the intention of buying; to look at information on the internet
    browse
  • To remove the effects of an action.
    undo
  • Provide extra or new information.
    update
  • A substance in a form like air that is neither solid nor liquid.
    gas
  • When a computer system suddenly stops operating.
    crash
  • The smallest unit of any chemical element, consisting of a positive nucleus surrounded by negative electrons.
    atom
  • A simple substance which cannot be reduced to smaller chemical parts e.g. hydrogen.
    element
  • a type of computer that is small enough to fit on the top of a desk
    desktop (computer)
  • used on social media for describing the general subject of a Tweet or other post
    hashtag
  • A state of matter that is not liquid nor a gas.
    solid
  • Not strong or clear e.g. a ____ sound.
    faint
  • a large amount of information stored in a computer system
    database
  • To add a file or document to an email.
    attach