– VOCABULARY LIST 5: FOREIGN LANGUAGE TERMS USED IN ENGLISH– 99 A S M G IBRO TIP G A U O I L R E P R E N Z E N D R U A O SS L S B AN NG NA Ï V E LI É N EA N GI U B É N I E V TT T F R T I Q E S O U N R O A F T OME A I C I E M A V O C N A U R O D O H G I M C FA I T-A L I C R U BE R E N D E Z O S N EASLIA - D V E E TT G A U C H E Across 4 imbroglio 7 élan 9 ingénue 11 naïve 12 vignette 14 vendetta 17 fait-accompli 18 epitome 19 malaise 20 debut Down 1 cliché 2 bourgeois 3 blasé 5 gauche 6 avant-garde 8 laissez-faire 10 nonsequitur 13 entrepreneur 15 aficionado 16 rendezvous [...]... other 54 network n a module that adds a specific feature to a larger system 55 information technology o subject of anything concerning processing or managing information 56 bitmap p the capacity of data transfer 57 cookie q a program that performs a certain task on a computer 58 download r a computer on a network that manages all of the network resources 59 encryption s a high-speed storage mechanism... must be a Wendy’s restaurant, so franchise could refer to the individual store or restaurant in a chain Sarah reads the discrimination policy that explains that Wendy’s does not discriminate against people in their hiring practices, so discrimination must mean judging or treating someone differently The sexual harassment policy does not allow flirting at work, so harassment must mean bothering someone... back and reread the article with your vocabulary list handy and note how the new words are used in the article Go to your local library or computer center and use a computer to search on a search engine using some of your new vocabulary words as keywords See if you can find articles or websites that refer to your new vocabulary words Does knowing these new vocabulary words make using a computer easier?... computer storage to help you access frequently accessed information locally 7 any computer connected to a local area network (LAN) 9 blinking line that shows where your mouse is on a computer screen 10 the main circuit board of a computer 11 transfer capacity in bits per second 14 translation of information into a secret code 15 allows a Web browser to run multimedia files 16 software program 17 information... running through it encryption (in krip·shən) (noun) the translation of information into a secret code When entering my credit card number on a website, I am always worried that the is not as secure as it should be and a hacker can easily get my personal information Ethernet ( e·thər·net) ¯ (noun) a common method of enabling computers in the same Local Area Network (LAN—see Vocabulary List 12: Acronyms)... workstation 41 k 32 bitmap 42 e 33 cursor 43 l 34 encryption 44 q 35 keywords 45 s 36 search engine 46 h 37 database 47 b 38 plug -in 48 r 39 information technology 49 d 40 server 50 p 51 t 52 m 53 n 54 f 55 o 56 g 57 i 58 a 59 j 60 c 126 – VOCABULARY LIST 7: TECHNOLOGY TERMS – Across 3 cache 7 workstation 9 cursor 10 motherboard 11 bandwidth 14 encryption 15 plug -in 16 application 17 database Down 1 keyword... subject of anything concerning processing or managing information, especially in a large company Because Alison is such a whiz with computers, she was recruited to head the department here keyword ( ke·wərd) ¯ (noun) a word that specifies a particular record or file in programming a specific command I entered the Byzantine when I had to write a report on that era for school network ( net·wərk) (noun) a group... pressuring someone Sarah makes her son the beneficiary of her life insurance policy, so we can conclude that her son will receive the money, or be the one to benefit from the policy if Sarah were to pass away Her boss teaches her the jargon of the industry because she must know the terms used in the fast food industry, so jargon must mean language used in a particular industry Sarah is cautioned against an... information stored and organized so that a computer can quickly retrieve selected pieces of information Our hasn’t been updated in six months, so I am not sure whether we have this item in stock cache ( kash) (noun) a high-speed storage mechanism that allows a computer to store frequently accessed information locally I had to download the Web page again because it wasn’t saved in my computer’s download... Subsidy means a grant of money for a particular purpose Tax is money paid to the government by citizens, so it is not a synonym d franchise Fiscal means pertaining to money or finance Since franchise means a business owned by a parent company but run independently, it is not a synonym 37 38 39 40 making distinctions in treatment of people, the opposite of the words in the list harassment Harassment means . the individual store or restau- rant in a chain. Sarah reads the discrimination policy that explains that Wendy’s does not discriminate against people in their hiring practices, so discrimination. the industry because she must know the terms used in the fast food industry, so jargon must mean language used in a particular industry. Sarah is cautioned against an act of nepotism and in the. (fis·kəl) (adj.) pertaining to money or finance At the end of a company’s , or financial, year, the company usually announces the amount it earned in that year. franchise (fran·ch¯z) (noun) a business