VOCABULARY ON SPELLING AND ORTOGRAPHY

VOCABULARY ON SPELLING AND ORTOGRAPHY

SYMBOL
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NAME
at
dot
apostrophe
accent
comma
speech marks or inverted commas or quotation marks
Exclamation mark
question mark
brackets
open brackets
close brackets or closed brackets
underscore
dash
colon
semicolon
forward slash
backslash
asterisk
number symbol or hash symbol or hash sign
arrow
ampersand
copyright sign

EXPRESSIONS AND THEIR MEANINGS

ENGLISH EXPRESSION

MEANING

address book

Libreta de direcciones

answer questions

responder a preguntas

attached files

archivos adjuntos

back (the name of the back button)

Atrs, Regresar

bandwidth

ancho de banda

banner

banner

bold

negrita

bookmark

Favorito, marcador

box (a little box on web forms)

casilla

browser (the programme)

navegador, explorador de Web

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ENGLISH EXPRESSION

MEANING

button

botn

check the box

marcar la casilla

choose (imperative)

elija

click (imperative)

haga clic (usted) haz clic (tu)

credit card

tarjeta de crdito

cyberspace

ciberespacio (m)

database

base de datos

digital signature

firma digital

dot com

punto com

download

bajar, descargar, hacer un download, bajar

archivos, capturar, copiar

drag

arrastrar

drop (as in drag and drop)

pegar

drop down list, drop down menu, pop-up

menu

menu desplegable

email address

direccin de correo electrnico

encrypted mail

correo cifrado

FAQ (frequently asked questions)

preguntas ms frecuentes, preguntas

formuladas frecuentemente

file transfer

transferencia de ficheros

folder

carpeta

form

formulario

Forward (the name of the forward button)

adelante

frames: (as in frames pages)

marcos

guestbook

libro de visitas

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ENGLISH EXPRESSION

MEANING

handle (nickname)

apodo

homepage

pgina principal, pgina inicial

hyperlink

hiperenlace

icon

cono

inbox

bandeja de entrada

ISP

proveedor de servicios Internet (also ISP)

keyboard

teclado

keyword

palabra clave

laptop computer

equipo porttil

link

enlace, vnculo

loop

bucle

lurker

mirn

lurking

fisgoneo, mironeo

message headings

encabezados de mensajes

modem

mdem

search engine

motor de bsqueda

mouse

ratn

mouse button

botn del ratn

mouse pad

alfombrilla de rton

netiquette

etiqueta de la red, etiqueta de Internet

network

red de trabajo

newsgroup

grupo de noticias

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EXPRESSION IN ENGLISH

MEANING

on-line auctions

subastas on-line

outbox

bandeja de salida

outgoing messages

mensajes salientes

password

contrasea

preferences

preferencias

public domain

dominio publico

real time chat

charla en tiempo real

reply to all

Responder a todos

rough copy

borrador

run (execute)

ejecutar

save

guardar

secure server

servidor seguro

secure web site

sitio Web seguro

sent box (in email programme)

elementos enviados

shopping cart

carro de la compra

SPAM (unwanted messages)

mensajes no deseados

stop (the stop button on the browser)

detener

store

almacenar

subject (of an email message)

asunto

subscribe

suscribirse

surf

navegar

template

plantilla

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EXPRESSION IN ENGLISH

MEANING

the clipboard

Portapapeles

the internet

internet (note that they don't use "el" before)

the little padlock you see on secure web sites.

icono de cerradura

the person a message is sent to

destinatario

the place (where something is kept)

la ubicacin

to attach (to emails)

adjuntar

to compose/write some text

redactar

to go back

regresar

to manage or look after.

gestionar

toolbar

barra de herramientas

trash, deleted items (in email programme)

elementos eliminados

updated, update, an update

actualizado, actualizar, una actualizacin

upload (verb)

subir, cargar, copiar

user name

nombre de usuario

web page

pgina Web

web page address, url

direccin de una pgina web, url

web site, site

sitio web, sitio

word wrap

retorno automtico de la palabra