Languages › Spanish Spanish-English Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms Glosario para internautas Share Flipboard Email Print Optometrista trabajando con computadora. (Optometrist working with a computer.). Westend61 / Getty Images Spanish Vocabulary History & Culture Pronunciation Writing Skills Grammar By Gerald Erichsen Gerald Erichsen Spanish Language Expert B.A., Seattle Pacific University Gerald Erichsen is a Spanish language expert who has created Spanish lessons for ThoughtCo since 1998. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on November 05, 2019 If you travel to a country where Spanish is spoken, chances are that sooner or later you'll find yourself using a computer. For English speakers, the Spanish of computers and the internet can be surprisingly easy—in areas of technology, many Spanish terms were adopted from English, and many English words in the sciences come to us via Latin or Greek, which are also the sources of Spanish words. Even so, Spanish vocabulary related to computers and the internet remains in a state of flux; some purists have objected to the direct import of English words. Because of this, for example, a computer mouse will sometimes be referred to simply as a "mouse" (pronounced as maus), but the word ratón is used as well. And some words are used in different ways by different people and publications; for example, you'll see references both to la internet (because the word for network, red, is feminine) and el internet (because new words in the language typically are masculine by default). These variations should be kept in mind if using the following list of computer and internet terms. Although the terms given here are all used by Spanish speakers somewhere, word choice may depend on the region and preference of the individual speaker. In some cases, there may also be other spellings or alternative terms that aren't listed here. In most cases, imported English words related to technology tend to keep the English pronunciation or something approximating it. Computer Terms in Spanish: A–L address (in email or on a website): la dirección app: la app (the word is feminine), la aplicación "at" symbol (@): la arroba backslash (\): la barra invertida, la barra inversa, la contrabarra backup: la copia de seguridad (verb, hacer una copia/archivo de seguridad) bandwidth: la amplitud de banda battery: la pila bookmark: el favorito, el marcador, el marcapáginas boot (verb): iniciar, prender, encender browser: el navegador (web), el browser bug: el fallo, el error, el bug button (as on a mouse): el botón byte, kilobyte, megabyte: byte, kilobyte, megabyte cable: el cable cache: el caché, la memoria cache card: la tarjeta CD-ROM: CD-ROM click (noun): el clic click (verb): hacer clic, cliquear, presionar, pulsar computer: la computadora (sometimes el computador), el ordenador cookie (used in browsers): la cookie crash (verb): colgarse, bloquearse cursor: el cursor cut and paste: cortar y pegar data: los datos desktop (of a computer screen): el escritorio, la pantalla digital: digital domain: el dominio dot (in internet addresses): el punto download: descargar driver: el controlador de dispositivo, el driver email (noun): el correo electrónico, el email (plural los emails) email (verb): enviar correo electrónico, enviar por correo electrónico, emailear erase, delete: borrar file: el archivo firewall: el contrafuegos, el firewall flash memory: la memoria flash folder: la carpeta frequently asked questions, FAQ: las preguntas más frecuentes, las preguntas de uso frecuente, las preguntas (más) comunes, las FAQ, las PUF Google (as a verb): googlear hard drive: el disco duro hertz, megahertz, gigahertz: hertz, megahertz, gigahertz high resolution: resolución alta, definición alta home page: la página inicial, la página principal, la portada icon: el icono install: instalar internet: la internet, el internet, la Red key (of a keyboard): la tecla keyboard: el teclado keyword: la palabra clave laptop (computer): el plegable, la computadora portátil, el ordenador portátil LCD: LCD link: el enlace, la conexión, el vínculo Computer Terms in Spanish: M–Z memory: la memoriamenu: el menúmessage: el mensajemodem: el módemmouse: el ratón, el mousemultitasking: la multitareanetwork: la redopen-source: de código abiertooperating system: el sistema operativo, el código operacionalpassword: la contraseñaprint (verb): imprimirprinter: la impresoraprivacy; privacy policy: la privacidad; la política de privacidad, la póliza de privacidadprocessor: el procesadorprogram: el programa (verb, programar)RAM: la RAM, la memoria RAMsave (a file or document): guardarscreen: la pantallascreensaver: el salvapantallassearch engine: el buscador, el servidor de búsquedaserver: el servidorslash (/): la barra, la barra oblicuasoftware: el softwaresmartphone: el teléfono inteligente, el smartphonespam: el correo basura, el spamstreaming: streamingtab (in a browser): la pestañaterms and conditions: los términos y condicionestoolbar: la barra de herramientasUSB, USB port: USB, puerto USBvideo: el videovirus: el virusweb page: la página web (plural las páginas web)website: el web (plural los webs), el sitio web (plural los sitios web)WiFi: el wifiwindow: la ventanawireless: inalámbrico Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Erichsen, Gerald. 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