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.
CO Knowledge Center. Carbon Monoxide (CO), is often called the âSilent Killerâ because of its ability to take lives quickly and quietly when its victims never even knew they were at risk. It is indetectable to humans, being both tasteless and odorless, and in high enough concentrations it can kill within minutes.