A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Banner ads
A graphic image which acts as an advertisement to entice site visitors to 'click through' to obtain further information.

Bandwidth
Bandwidth is the amount of data that can be carried per second by your internet connection. Usually measured in kilobytes per second (kbps). This is normally referred to as Narrowband (56kbps) or Boradband (512kbps).

Bit
The smallest unit of information a computer can process - essentially a one or a zero. A kilobit (kb, kbit) is one thousand bits and a megabit (Mb, Mbit) is one million bits.

Bookmark / Favourite
Web browsers allow you to bookmark or save addresses from your favourite web sites so you do not have to keep typing the URL's into the address field. Bookmarks or favourites can be accessed from the browser menu and most browsers allow them to be stored in folders.

Byte
A group of eight bits. The basic unit in which data is stored, retrieved or communicated. A kilobyte (kB, kbyte) is one thousand bytes and a megabyte (MB, Mbyte) is one million bytes.

Bleed
The allowance on a printed piece (usually either a graphic or colour area) beyond the trimmed and finished size, to ensure a clean cut off (usually 3mm)

Burns
Almost all digital music services offer you the chance to burn tracks, which means you can make a permanant copy, usually onto CD, with which you can do as you please.

Burst
Many digicams offer a burst mode, which means you can take several images in rapid succession, just like you get with a motor wide on a traditional film camera. The amount of images that can be captured is limited by the camera's image capture and processing system, as well as the size of the internal memory buffer. You'll typically get around three frames per second from a standard digital camera on burst mode.