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arc I.T. Solutions - Jargon Buster - R

Our A-Z will help you understand the IT terms that are now being used every day in the modern day world

The Jargon Buster explains technical and computing terms with which you might not be familiar.

RAM - stands for Random Access Memory. It's the memory a computer needs to run software. When you load or 'run' software, it goes into RAM. If you type something it also goes into RAM before being saved on the hard disk. When you turn your computer off all the data in RAM is lost.

RealPlayer - a popular format from Real.com for streaming audio and video on the web. You need a RealOne player to view or listen to RealPlayer clips. RealAudio is 'streamed' in a similar way to radio broadcasts, meaning that the clip can be played as it is downloaded.

Refresh/Reload - the button that you use to download a web page again. In internet Explorer it's called "Refresh" and in Netscape Navigator "Reload". You should press this button if for some reason a web page appears not to have loaded correctly.

Robot - a software tool for performing automated tasks, often on the internet. For example, search bots are used by search engines to scour the automatically and populate their database.

Router - a piece of hardware which decides the next network point to which a packet of data on the internet should be sent on its journey towards its final destination.

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