A device that uses cable TV lines to connect a computer to the Internet at high speed.
cache
A holding area that contains information so it can be accessed faster than retrieving it from where it originates.
cheese
A dairy product made from fermented milk. Also an excellent topic to make jokes about.
cookies
Tiny text files from a remote website stored on a computer that contain data used to help identify a user to the website or useful for completing a web-based task.
cracker
What people who break into computers call themselves . Synonymous with the mass media term hacker .
cyber
A prefix used to indicate that something is computer- or Internet- related . Derived from the word Cybernetics , which is the discipline that, according to wikipedia.org, studies communication and control in living beings or machines.
cyberspace
A term used to describe the nonphysical, virtual world of computers.
