Terms

7 Competencies of Digital Literacy 

Identity and Wellbeing Discovery Evaluation Ethics Creativity and Scholarship Communication and Collaboration Curation 

Search Query 

Specific words or phrases typed into a search engine to find information. 

Natural Language Query (NLQ) 

A search request written in everyday conversational language instead of technical syntax. 

Spider 

Automated software that browses the web to index content for search engines. 

5 Basic Computer Components 

Motherboard CPU RAM Storage Power Supply 

File 

A digital item identified by a name and extension. 

File Extension 

A three- or four-letter code at the end of a file name that identifies its type. 

ZIP File 

A compressed file format used to group files and reduce size. 

SaaS 

Cloud-based software hosted on remote servers and accessed through the internet. 

Digital Bubble 

A personalized online environment shaped by algorithms that limit exposure to diverse viewpoints. 

Prompt 

A set of instructions or text given to an AI model to guide its response. 

Internet vs. WWW 

The internet is the global network infrastructure; the World Wide Web is a system of linked documents accessed through browsers. 

Browser 

An app used to access the web. 

URL 

The address of a specific resource on the web.