ANDROID - Phones featuring Google's Android software which allows anyone to write their own software. Many say it will knock the iPhone off its perch.
CRT - Cathode ray tube, the technical term for old TVs.
DIAL-UP - It won't be long before kids ask what surfing the net was like before broadband took over the world.
DONGLE - A dongle is a small piece of hardware that connects to a computer.
DVB-H - Newly announced Mobile TV standard for Europe that allows you to watch TV on your mobile on the go.
EGOSURFERS - Those people who spend all day looking themselves up on the internet.
FUEL CELLS - New types of environmentally friendly batteries which use methanol and could replace lithium-ion cells.
HD-DVD - Toshiba's DVD format has gone the way of Betamax, now Blu-ray has won the battle of the optical disc storage format.
HDMI - The new generation Scart lead that allows you to connect high-definition devices together, which is also much smaller than the clumpy scart leads most people have to use.
HSDPA - High-Speed Downlink Packet Access to the techies, but to us it's the new 3G software which supposedly makes the internet on your phone as quick as broadband.
KILOBYTE - The days when computers came with 64kb of memory are long gone. Nowadays, even the cheapest computer boasts a 120gb hard drive.
MASH-UP - When two elements from different websites are combined – think Google Maps listing where local restaurants are, for instance.
OLED - Organic LEDs that use up less electricity because they don't have to be backlit. A few mobiles and MP3 players have just begun using them.
QWERTY - Qwerty is the most common modern-day keyboard layout on English-language computer and typewriter keyboards. It takes its name from the first six characters seen in the far left of the keyboard's top first row of letters.
RFID - Radio Frequency Identification: tool that allows you to track packages in real time.
RICK-ROLL - To deliberately divert someone to a video of Rick Astley's "Never Gonna Give You Up" while they're web browsing.
TWITTER - To drone on endlessly (usually on Facebook) about what you are currently doing, regardless of how inconsequential your actions are.
UGC - User Generated Content – whether it's Facebook, Myspace, Flickr or YouTube, if your website doesn't let your audience contribute then you're way behind the times.
WIMAX - Powerful wireless internet which can cover whole cities. The lucky people of Milton Keynes already have it.