Take the misery out of trying to comprehend the latest onslaught of technobabble delivered from the local IT nerd across the street. Here you’ll find some of the most common IT nerd-words reduced to familiar language complimented by big pictures where words don’t seem to cut it.

Adware

Hidden code that installs itself on your computer generally without your consent.
Good-ish: Most only use Adware to monitor the things you like to search for so that they can deliver pop-up or other advertisements when you visit pages or on your desktop .
Bad-very: At it’s worse the more malicious Adware code will install itself on your machine record everything you do on it or persistently create pop-up adverts, dialers and annoying or unsavory notifications; triple-x pornographic link invitation for example. No matter how many times you think you have removed them from your desktop they just keep coming back!!s
Solution: Do Something FAST! install on your computer as a minimum Firewall, Antivirus & Spy/Ad Ware Technology. 
By all means use free stuff if funds are tight, but for real protection you must be prepared to SPEND to DEFEND! The likes of Norton Internet Security, McAfee Internet Security or even Zone Labs (full edition) will set you back less than £30.00 a year; a quarter of what it costs to insure the contents of your home!

McAfee

Norton

Zone Labs

PC World

Spyware Remover

Site Advisor

Application

Mainstream software ^TB (known in the IT world as ‘Application’ software) is used to get a particular task done on your PC; Microsoft Works, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro, Corel Draw are all typical mainstream applications and many more. Note: Application software should not be confused with Operating System Software. ^TB