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Hacker Hacker  People who access other people's computers with the aid of (CT) and without permission.
 
Halftone Halbton Shading in an image created by use of dots of various sizes and densities.
 
Handshaking Handschüteln A greeting between two devices that signals data transmission can proceed.
 
Hard copy Hard copy A document/file printed as opposed to one stored in the computer's memory or on a disk.
 
Hard copy Ausdruck Computer output printed on paper
 
Hard disk Festplatte A storage device consisting of a rigid metal disc coated with a magnetic material
 
Hard-sectored disc Diskette Floppy disc that is sold already formatted.
 
Hardware Hardware The physical parts of the computer or a part of it i.e.., printer.
 
Head Kopf Device used by a disk drive to read a disk.
 
Header Überschrift Text that is placed at the top of every page in a document/e-mail.
 
Heap Freier Speicher A part of the computers memory set aside for specific instructions
 
Help file Hilfe file A file built into a software program that provides assistance.
 
Hertz Hertz Measure of frequency at which electrical waves repeat each second.
 
Hidden file Versteckte Datei A file that is rendered invisible because of the way its file attributes have been set.
 
Highlight Höhepunkt To select an area of a document.
 
High-Sierra format High Sierra Format Standard format for writing CD-ROM discs
 
Hit Hit Request sent to a file server.
 
Hologram Hologram Three-dimensional image produced by holography.
 
Home page Homepage Opening page on a particular site on the web.
 
Host Host Computer in a computer network that provides information to other computers on the network.
 
Hot Key Hot Key A key stroke that triggers a memory-resident program
 
Housekeeping Haushaltung Activities performed to reduce clutter on the desktop and disks
 
HTTP HTTP Protocol used for communication between client and server on the web.
 
Hub Hub Central distribution point in a computer network
 
Hyperlink Hypertexturweis Link from one document to another or, within the same document from one place to another.
 

 

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