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		Zoom   In image-editing,the tool,normally shown as a magnifying glass, which lets you enlarge an area of the picture so you can see finer detail and work on it more easily.   Zone   In OCR software,a scanned area which is designated as containing a particular type of information,either image or text.Examples include a picture caption or a column of text.   Zipping   Compressing a file using a program such as PKZip or WinZip to reduce the space it takes up.Unzipping is the process of decompressing the file to its original form.   ZIP file   A file or files that have been compressed using a program like PKZip or WinZip to save disk space or to make them quicker to email.Bitmap image files compress particularly well.   Zip drive   A high-capacity disk drive designed by Iomega capable of storing 100 or 250Mb of information on sturdy pocketsized disks.These can be used for back-up,as extra storage or to transfer files between machines or users.Zip drives can be built into your PC or connected externally,using a USB,parallel or SCSI link.   Z-wave   An emerging wireless standard.   Yaxis   The left-hand edge of a chart or graph.It is normally used to plot numbers or amounts.The bottom edge is the X-axis and may be used to show dates or timescales.   Y2K   Shorthand for Year 2000 and,by extension,for the Year 2000 computer problem,better known as the millennium bug. This anticipated problems when computers' clocks rolled over from 1999 to 2000:as many programs use only the last two digits to recognise the year,it was feared that they would reset to 1900.Some PC BIOSes would also cause problems by resting to 1980.However,the issue did not cause as many problems as had been feared.   XML   Extensible Markup Language.A way of tagging documents for display on different types of machine across the internet.It is more flexible than HTML,the most common standard,because it allows developers to define their own specialised tags or formatting codes.   XG   An extension to the General MIDI standard.Developed by Yamaha,it offers more voices and effects,allowing samples to be played with great expression.   x2   A technology developed by 3Com (formerly US Robotics) allowing modems to receive at up to 56Kbps.It rivalled K56flex, developed by a consortium including Rockwell.Both technologies have now been incorporated in the V.90 standard.   X-axis   The bottom edge of a chart or graph.It is normally used to plot dates or timescales.The left-hand edge is the Y-axis and may be used to show numbers or amounts.   WYSIWYG   What You See Is WhatYou Get.Used in word processors,desktop publishing packages,web-authoring software and the like to signify that the on-screen image of your page is the same as the printed output or published web pages. Non-WYSIWYG programs generally force you to use control codes which only take effect on printing:you cannot see the results on screen as you work.   WPA/WEP   Systems that protect data over wireless networks.         Page 1 of 55   1 2 3 4 >>