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  Noun genders are indicated by: r (der, masc.), e (die, fem.), s (das, neu.)
  Abbreviations: adj. (adjective), n. (noun), v. (verb), pl. (plural)

T

r Tabulator tab (n.)

e Tabelle table (in a database, spreadsheet)

s Tag tag (as in "HTML tag" - not to be confused with r Tag = day)

r Taschenrechner calculator

e Taste (TAHS-tuh) key (on keyboard)

e Tastensperre key(pad) lock

e Tastatur keyboard

e Textverarbeitung word processing

s Thema subject (topic of discussion)

r Tragrechner laptop computer
  NOTE: The English words der Laptop or Notebook are used more frequently than German terms such as der Schoßrechner or Tragrechner.

r Treiber driver (for printers, etc.)

U

überprüfen check, verify (v.)

übertragen to transfer, download (email, files)

umbenennen rename (v.)

uploaden upload (v.)

umschalten (auf) switch (to)

e Umschalttaste shift key

s Und-Zeichen, s Et-Zeichen ampersand, and-sign (&)

r Unterstrich (_) underline (n.)
unterstreichen underline (v.)

V

verbunden connected, online

verschieben transfer, move (to a folder)
  in einen anderen Ordner verschieben to move/transfer to another folder

verschlüsselt encoded, scrambled (adj.)

verweisen (auf) accus. link (to)

s Verzeichnis directory, folder

vorherige Einstellungen previous settings (n., pl.)

e Vorlage template (letter, form, etc.)

vorwärts forward, next

W

s WAP WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)
  WAP is a wireless phone Web service in Germany, Europe and over 100 countries around the world. It allows the display of WAP-formatted Web pages on a GSM wireless phone, the type used in most of Europe.

wählen choose, select (v.)

s Web, s Weltnetz Web (WWW)

e Webseite Web page

e Website, e Web-Site Web site, website
  auf dieser Website findet man... on this Web site you'll find...

Note: A Web page (Webseite) is one page on a Web site (Website) with many pages.

weiter next, continue (to next step, page, etc.)
  weiter - zurück next - previous

die Werbemails (pl.) junk mail, spam

e Werbung, e Anzeige advertising, ad/advert
  die Werbefläche ad box, display

Z

e Zentraleinheit CPU, central processing unit

ziehen (auf) drag (to) (v.)

r Zugang access (n.)
  Zugang zum Internet access to the Internet

zurück back, previous
  zurück - weiter previous - next

r Zwischenspeicher cache (n.)

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