Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. Computer technology has become a major part of people's lives. This technology has its own special words. One example is the word mouse. A ...

This is not a hard question, really: What do the words cookie, scuzzy, mouse, spam, gopher, and RAM have in common? Are they: A) the newest display at the local zoo; B) an Epicurean menu from a new ...

Editor’s note: This post first appeared on Carl Cheo’s website. We’ve republished it here with his permission. To make learning more fun and interesting, here’s a list of important computer science ...

Languages evolve over time. New words are added to our collective lexicon — some of which are just corruptions of existing words –- and old words sometimes receive new definitions. Often, these words ...

It is not uncommon to see computer terms getting mixed up in everyday discussions. For instance, I regularly hear people referring to a flash drive as simply a "USB," or a full computer system as a ...

Most office workers find computer jargon as difficult to understand as a foreign language, a survey suggests. Three quarters of workers waste more than an hour a week deciphering what a technical term ...

Computer vision trains AI to interpret images, automating tasks like driving and product tracking. Applications include Amazon's "Just Walk Out" tech and autonomous vehicles' navigation systems. Uses ...

Former president Donald Trump and multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk have really hit their honeymoon phase. Less than a week ahead of the presidential elections, Trump took the stage at an event in ...

A federal court in Washington, DC, has ruled that violating a website’s terms of service isn’t a crime under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, America’s primary ...