Common Computer Terms and Definitions. 11/09/10. Boot: The act of starting up a computer. Byte: One character (eight bits of data). Cursor: The blinking vertical or horizontal line. that indicates where text is being typed. CD-ROM: Compact Disc Read-Only Memory. CD-R/CD-RW: CD-Recordable/CD-Re-Writeable.
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is called the âsilent killerâ because very, very few people know when their blood pressure goes up. When I tell somebody that they have high blood pressure for the first time they say, âI donât understand. Iâve had low blood pressure my whole life.â Well, you do until you donât.
10 Signs and Symptoms of Hepatitis C. Hepatitis C, commonly referred to as HCV, which stands for hepatitis C virus, is frequently referred to as the silent killer because the individual is frequently unaware of its presence until the disease is in an advanced stage. Often, the disease is discovered through a blood test and the host may have no symptoms of its presence.