A consistent look and feel for your organization's printed products, signage, website, etc. This helps you be easily distinguished and remembered.

Computing "In the Cloud." Simply put, operating your software occurs somewhere on the Internet rather than at your own computer. This is another term for SaaS.

A Content Management System allows you to easily publish content on a website without knowledge of programming languages. It also keeps track of your images, users, etc.

A simple system for adding fresh content to your website. No HTML knowledge required!

Abbreviated CMS, a content management system allows you to easily publish content on a website without knowledge of programming languages. It also keeps track of your images, users, etc.

Different browsers (for example, Firefox, Safari, and Internet Explorer) will display web pages differently. Usually the difference is slight. Cross-browser compliance means that web pages are built to display well in different browsers.

A name that identifies a website, such as Yahoo.com or MissionTechnologies.org.

Gigabyte - 1 billion bytes. A way of measuring storage space. To put it in perspective, 1GB will hold about 560 MP3 files.

Software for sharing access to calendars, address books, files, and more between members of an organization. Makes productivity soar, especially for busy organizations whose members are constantly on the go.

An open-source operating system that is stable, reliable, and has become very easy to use in recent years. It's what's on the computers we use to run our business.

Free (as in beer) software. Much open source software can also be used at no cost. The code (nuts and bolts) of what makes the software work is freely available to, and editable by, the public at large. This results in a plethora of software titles that are secure, easy to use, and reliable. The Firefox browser is an example of open-source software. To learn more, visit www.OpenSource.org

Point-of-Sale. A comprehensive system for tracking inventory, sales, etc.

Random Access Memory (RAM) provides space for your computer to read and write data to be accessed by the CPU (central processing unit). When people refer to a computer's memory, they usually mean its RAM. If you add more RAM to your computer, you reduce the number of times your CPU must read data from your hard disk. This usually allows your computer to work considerably faster, as RAM is many times faster than a hard disk. (credit: http://kb.iu.edu/data/ahty.html)

Really Simple Syndication - A method of delivering regularly changing web content so that your web visitors can automatically be notified when your website is updated.

Software as a Service - Software that is accessed remotely via the Internet rather than locally off your own computer. There are a myriad of advantages - Nothing to install, anytime/anywhere availability, no licensing fees, and no maintenance worries, to name a few.