Programs/uses:

• Spreadsheet
• Word processing
• Teleconferencing
• operating system
• e-commerce

language for using computers

• surfing the internet / browsing the internet
• access websites
• go online
• navigate a website
• bookmark webpages
• to download
• to upgrade

Devices

• personal computer (PC – but don’t abbreviate in formal writing)
• laptop
• mobile device
• tablet device
• hand-held device
• gadgets
• cutting edge
• outdated
• obsolete

People / using technology

• technophobe
• programmer
• coder
• designer
• user-friendly
• intuitive
• tech-savvy (informal)

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