| Word | Description |
| Aggregator | Software or a Web application which grabs web content from weblogs or podcasts and delivers it to your location. |
| bit | Short for binary digit, the smallest unit of information on a machine. |
| bit rate | The speed at which bits are transmitted, in bits per second. |
| Burn | To write data once onto a CD-R or DVD-R drive. The data is then permanent and cannot be erased. |
| PCOMM | PCOMM is an emulation application used for LU 6.2 connectivity. Certain mainframe applications need to connect to the mainframe through a different interface other than TN3270 or APPC. This product was created by IBM and modeled after IBM's product Communication Manager, except it runs on Windows95 98, and NT rather than OS/2. |
| Ripping | Extracting data from an audio CD to convert it to MP3 or another audio format. |