4.1 Technology Vocabulary

Devices

il computer (computer), il cellulare / il telefonino (cell phone), lo schermo (screen), l'email / la posta elettronica (email), la rete / internet (network/internet), il sito web (website).

Actions

navigare (to browse), scaricare (to download), caricare (to upload), cercare (to search), salvare (to save), inviare / mandare (to send).

Note

'Il cellulare' (often shortened to il cell) or 'il telefonino' means cell phone. 'Scaricare' (download) literally means 'to unload.'

Key terms

il computer / il cellulare

computer / cell phone

lo schermo

the screen

scaricare / caricare

to download / to upload

cercare / salvare

to search / to save

inviare / mandare

to send

Try an AP-style question

"Scaricare" means…

1. to download
2. to charge
3. to delete
4. to upload