- Gamma Correction
- As not all screens or printers are the same, colors
have to be adjusted from the computers idea of "normal" before they are
displayed.
- Gateway
- Architecture for bridging between two networks that
work with different protocols.
- GIF
- See graphic interchange format.
- Gigabyte
- 1024 Megabytes, but some use 1000 Megabytes, as it
is easier to calculate with. See also Byte, Megabyte.
- Glitch
- Small malfunction in the hardware or software which
does not cause an interruption.
- Graphic Interchange Format
- Image format, very common on the Internet. See also
JPEG, PNG.
- Gopher
- Internet protocol for presenting menus of
downloadable documents or files. It is still around, but has no real importance
anymore. See also HTTP, Hypertext, WWW.
- Graphical User Interface
- Graphical environment to simplify the use of the
operating system and applications.
- Grep
- Unix command to scan files for patterns, also used
as a synonym for fast manual searching.
- GUI
- See graphical user interface.
- Guru
- Synonym for expert.
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