| engelsk term | svensk översättning | förklaring |
|---|---|---|
| cache | cache | Temporary disk memory space where data can be stored quickly without accessing the RAM. Web browsers such as Netscape and Internet Explorer hold copies of recently visited web files in a cache. Files stored on disk load quicker than when they must be transferred from the web. |
| cached copy | cachad kopia, kopia som ligger i en cache | |
| CAD | CAD | Abbreviation for Computer Aided Design |
| CAP | CAP | Abbreviation for Computer Aided Publishing. See also DTP, desktop publishing, |
| call center | teletjänstcentral | |
| Cc, Carbon copy | Cc, kopia | Optional field for extra recipient of email message. Unlike an address in the Bcc field, an address in the Cc field is visible to other recipients. |
| case sensitive | skiftlägeskänslig | An operating system or a piece of software is case sensitive if it differentiates between capital and lower case letters. |
| cd-rom | cd-romskiva | Compact disk which is used as a read only data storage. |
| chat | chat chatt, | Real-time electronic communication on the Internet, where participants type what they want to say, and it is repeated on the screens of all other participants in the same chat. |
| chat | chatta, tjatta, | Participate in a real-time electronic communication on the Internet. |
| coaxial cable | koaxialkabel | A cable with two conductors sharing the same axis, one inside and the other outside around it, separated by an insulating layer. Used for data transmissions, cable TV, etc. |
| compression | komprimering | Technique to make a file or a data stream smaller for faster transmission or to take up less storage space. Programs that will compress files are WinZip, Stuffit, gnu zip, etc. |
| cookie | kaka | A short file put on your system by the server of a visited web page, which makes it remember you at a later visit to the page. |
| copy-and-paste, cut-and-paste | "kopiera och klistra in", "klipp ut och klistra in" | An easy technique for copying data from one location, file, or program to another. If the text in the original location is deleted, it is called cut-and-paste. |
| country code | landskod, nationskod | The two-letter code assigned by the international standard to most countries that are connected to the Internet. This two letter code is the top-level domain in domain addresses for the country. |
| CPU | centralenhet, centralprocessor, datorlåda (om själva lådan avses) | Abbreviation for Central Processing Unit. Can also be used for the computer "box", as opposed to the screen. |
| cracker | knäckare | Someone who attempts to break into a network or computer system by exploiting weaknesses in system security. |
| cyberspace | cyberrymd | Originally a literary expression for the totality of all connected computer networks and their contents in a future world, this soon became an informal term for the Internet and the information in it. |
| cybersquatting | cyberockupation | The act of registering a company name as a domain name by someone outside the company in hopes of selling it to the company for a profit |
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