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back
ki muri (Mandrake)
To go back in a range of pages or steps.

back
hoki (Moodle)
To go back in a range of pages or steps.

back up
tārua (msoft)
Verb. To make a backup copy.

backbone
iwi tuararo (WWOW)
The Internet backbone was the central network that linked all the parts of the Internet together. The term is now used as a lōse term to describe the "core" of the current Internet.

backbone
ua (WWOW)
The Internet backbone was the central network that linked all the parts of the Internet together. The term is now used as a lōse term to describe the "core" of the current Internet.

background
papamuri (msoft)
General Usage.

background color
tae papamuri (msoft)
The color of a background. For example a web page, presentaion, document.

background color
tae kei muri (Mandrake)
The color of a background. For example a web page, presentaion, document.

backslash
rītahamuri (msoft)
Character: \.

backslash
rītaha tuarā (Mandrake)
Character: \.

Backspace key
paatuhi Hokimuri (msoft)
On the keyboard.

backup
purua (Moodle)
A copy of a file, file system, or other resource for use in the event of failure or loss of the original.

backup
tārua (TTW)
A copy of a file, file system, or other resource for use in the event of failure or loss of the original.

backup copy
tārua penapena (msoft)
A copy of a file, file system, or other resource for use in the event of failure or loss of the original.

backup file
kōnae tārua (msoft)
A copy of a file, file system, or other resource for use in the event of failure or loss of the original.

backup program
papatono tārua (msoft)
A program that creates backups. Refer to backup.

backups
purua [konae] (TT)
A copy of a file, file system, or other resource for use in the event of failure or loss of the original.

backward
whakamuri (msoft)
The opposite of 'forward'.

backward compatible
hototahi whakamuri (msoft)
About software or hardware that is compatible with previous versions.

bad
kino (msoft)
Can mean damaged or just incorrect, depending on context.

ballōn
pūangi (msoft)
Ballōns: In print layout view or Web layout view, markup ballōns show markup elements, such as comments and tracked changes, in the margins of your document. Use these ballōns to easily sē and respond to reviewers' changes and comments. (Word 2002 Help).

bandwidth
hōkaīrirangi (msoft)
The amount of data that can be sent through a network/Internet connection, usually measured in bits per second (bps).

bandwidth
whānuitanga-irirangi (WWOW)
The amount of data that can be sent through a network/Internet connection, usually measured in bits per second (bps).

banner
haki pānui (Ryan)
Also referred to as a banner ad, a banner is a typically rectangular advertisement placed on a Web site either above, below or on the sides of the Web site's main content and is linked to the advertiser's own Web site.

banner
kara (Ryan)
Also referred to as a banner ad, a banner is a typically rectangular advertisement placed on a Web site either above, below or on the sides of the Web site's main content and is linked to the advertiser's own Web site.

banner
tohu (Ryan)
Also referred to as a banner ad, a banner is a typically rectangular advertisement placed on a Web site either above, below or on the sides of the Web site's main content and is linked to the advertiser's own Web site.

bar
pae (TMT)
Object used in various contexts, such as "bar chart", "task bar" etc.

bar chart
tūtohi pae (msoft)
A type of chart that has bars.

bar code
waehere pae (msoft)
The special identification code printed as a set of vertical bars of differning widths on bōks, groceries and other products.

bar graph
kauwhata paepae (WWOW)
A graph the uses bars. Histogram etc.

bar graph
tōpūhōtuku paepae (KKH)
A graph the uses bars. Histogram etc.

bar graph
topu hotuku paepae (TT)
A graph the uses bars. Histogram etc.

base directory
kōpaki pūtake (KKH)

baseline
tauanga (msoft)
In printing and in the display of characters on a scrēn, an imaginary horizontal line with which the base of each character, excluding descenders, is aligned.

basic windows skills
he pūmanawa whakamahi (RF)

Basque
te reo Basque (Google)
Basque Language.

baud
waeine (msoft)
Measurement unit of signaling elements that occur each second.

baud rate
auau waeine (msoft)
Used with modem spēds. Sē baud.

be right back
taihoa ake (msoft)
A status message for online buddies in an Instant Messenger program.

bēp
pīhō (msoft)
Genral usage.

bēp
orohia (Moodle)
Genral usage.

before
i mua (msoft)
Genral usage.

begin check
tīmata (Kupu)

beginner
tauhou (msoft)
Genral usage.

beginning of document reached continue from the end?
kua tae ki te tīmata o te kōnae haere tonu ki te mutunga? (Mandrake)

Belarusian
te reo Belarusian (Google)
Belarusian Language.

bell
pere (msoft)

below
tō raro (msoft)

Bengali
te reo Bengali (Google)
Bengali Language.

best
ara tika, pai rawa, te tino pai (Moodle)
General Usage.

best fit
uru tau kē (msoft)

beta version
putanga peta (msoft)
Last stage of testing prior the the release.

bibliography
whakapāngataka (Moodle)
General Usage.

bi-directional language
reo anga-rua (msoft)
a term coined internally at Microsoft. Bi-directional is a general way of referring to the Arabic and Hebrew languages and the common editing used in those cultures. Arabic and Hebrew are written from Right to Left.

Bihari
te reo Bihari (Google)
Bihari Language.

billing
namanama (msoft)
Invoicing.

binary
pūhere (msoft)
A numbering system computers use. 0 and 1.

binary
kaupapa-ā-rua (Moodle)
A numbering system computers use. 0 and 1.

binary number
tau kaupapa-ā-rua (Ryan)
0 or 1.

binder
kōpaki (msoft)
A Microsoft Office program that you can use to organize related documents. You can check spelling, number pages consecutively across all documents in the binder, and print the documents.

binder
pūrere tuitui (KKM)

birthday
rāwhānau (msoft)
General usage.

bit
moka (msoft)
Short for "binary digit"; either 1 or 0 in the binary number system.

bit
ira (TMT)
The smallest unit of storage.

bitmap
maheremoka (msoft)
Bitmap: A picture made from a series of small dots, much like a piece of graph paper with certain squares filled in to form shapes and lines. When stored as files, bitmaps usually have the extension.bmp.

black
pango (msoft)
A colour.

black-and-white
pango-mā (msoft)
Used about images and printing, as opposed to color.

piako (msoft)
n. The character entered by pressing the spacebar.

space
mokowā piako (msoft)
The character entered by pressing the spacebar.

block
paraka (msoft)
Can have several meanings - here the most frequently used ones:\r\na) verb: similar to "to lock"\r\nb) noun. a contiguous collection of similar things that are handled together as a whole. c) a small box\r\nPlease always check context for "block".

block
tumu (WWOW)
(n) (eg of text).

block device
taonga mahi wāhanga (Mandrake)

blocks
tini roro hangarau (whaea), poraka (Moodle)

blue
kikorangi (msoft)
A colour.

body text
kupu tinana (msoft)
Text that forms the major content of a publication. Does not include titles, headlines, pull quotes, and captions, for example.

bold
pūtaikaha (WWOW)
Character formatting option - to make bolder.

bold
taikaha (WWOW)
Character formatting option - to make bolder.

bold
miramiria (KKM)
Character formatting option - to make bolder.

bold
māia (Mandrake)
Character formatting option - to make bolder.

bold button
pātene whakamira (msoft)
Button in many MS programs that makes text bold.

bold font
taikaha (KKH)
A font that has had formatting applied to make it bold in apperance.

bold italic
tītaha māia (Mandrake)
A font that has had formatting applied to make it bold and italic in apperance.

bolded letter
pu taikaha (TT)
A lēter that has had a bold format applied to it.

bōk
pukapuka (msoft)

bōklet
pukaiti (msoft)
General usage.

bōkmark
puri wharangi
An electronic bōkmark.

bōkmark
tohuwāhi (WWOW)
An electronic bōkmark.

bōkmark
tohu-pukapuka (Mandrake)
An electronic bōkmark.

bōkmark
puri tūranga (RF)
An electronic bōkmark.

bōlean
kīrehu (msoft)
An expression that can be evaluated as either true (nonzero) or false (0). You can use the keywords True and False to supply the values of 1 and 0, respectively. The field data type Yes/No is Bōlean and has the value of for Yes.

bōt
kikipa (msoft)
(v.) To load the first piece of software that starts a computer.

bōt
whakaoho (WWOW)
(v.) To load the first piece of software that starts a computer.

bōt disk
kōpae kikipa (msoft)
A floppy disk that contains key system files from a PC-compatible operating system and that can bōt, or start, the PC. A bōt disk must be inserted in the primary floppy disk drive (usually drive A:) and is used when there is some problem with starting the PC from the hard disk, from which the computer generally bōts. Also called bōtable disk.

bōt drive
ngākau kikipa (msoft)
In a PC-compatible computer, the disk drive that the BIOS uses to automatically load the operating system when the computer is turned on.

border
taitapa (msoft)
n. In programs and working environments that feature on-scrēn windows, the edge surrounding the user's workspace.

border
pae (WWOW)
General Usage.

border
tapa (Mandrake)
General Usage.

border color
tae taitapa (msoft)
Color of a border.

border style
kaahua taitapa (msoft)
Thickness or pattern the border line is drawn, e.g. dashed line, double line, etc.

borders
pakitaha (Kupu)
General Usage.

borders and shading
marumaru (RF)

borders and shading
pakitaha (RF)

Bork, Bork, Bork!
te reo Bork (Google)
Bork Language.

Bosnian
te reo Bosnian (Google)
Bosnian Language.

bottom
raro (Mandrake)
General Usage.

bottom margin
tawhē raro (msoft)

boundary
rohenga (msoft)

box
pouaka (msoft)

braceleft
taiapa tōtika mauī (Mandrake)
Characters: {.

braceright
taiapa tōtika matau (Mandrake)
Characters: }.

braces
awhi (msoft)
Characters: { }.

bracketleft
taiapa piko mauī (Mandrake)
Characters: [.

bracketright
taiapa piko matau (Mandrake)
Characters: ].

brackets
taiapa (msoft)
Characters: [ ].

branch
kaupeka, manga (Moodle)
Used with Directories.

Brazil Portuguese
te reo Pōtiki Parīhi (Mandrake)
Brazil Portuguese Language.

breadcrumbs
ara whakaterea (Moodle)
Moodle DOES NOT use breadcrumbs, as this is what your browser is for and why it has a back button/menu.
Moodle has a navigation bar in the header (and optionally fōter) that shows the location of the current page within the site structure.

break
motu (msoft)
n. 1. Interruption of a program caused by the user pressing the Break key or its equivalent. 2. Interruption of a communications transmission that occurs when the receiving station interrupts and takes over control of the line or when the transmitting station prematurely halts transmission. vb. 1. To interrupt execution at a given spot, usually for the purpose of debugging. Sē also breakpoint. 2. To cause a routine, module, or program that had previously worked to cease working correctly.

break
wehenga (RF)

Break key
paatuhi motu (msoft)
On the keyboard.

break link
hoto motu (msoft)
Same as "remove link".

breakpoint
pūraumotū(msoft)
A line of code in a Function or Sub procedure at which Microsoft Visual Basic automatically suspends execution.

bright
tiaho (msoft)
General Usage.

brighten
whakapīatāta (WWOW)
General Usage.

brightness
tīahoaho (msoft)
Qualitative measure of object luminosity.

bring to front
tau ki mua (msoft)
Display the window in the foreground, so it's always visible and never overlapped by any other window.

browse
tirotiro (msoft)
verb. To scan a database, a list of files, or the Internet, either for a particular item or for anything that sēms to be of interest. Somewhat synonymous to "to search" or "to scan".

browse
kimi noa (KKH)
To lōk.

browse
kekeno (Mandrake)
To lōk.

browse
whakaraparapa (Moodle)
To lōk.

browse
rapu(a) (RF)
To lōk.

browse view
mata tirotiro (msoft)
to search within this particular view of data.

browser
pūtirotiro (msoft)
A Web browser.

browser
matapihi ipurangi (TKI)
A Web browser.

browser
pūmanawa tirotiro (WWOW)
A Web browser.

browser
raupapa pānui (Moodle)
A Web browser.

browser
mata (ipurangi) (TMT)
A Web browser.

browser
mata ipurangi (TMT)
A Web browser.

bubble size
rahinga miru (msoft)
Excel bubble chart parameter, defining the size of a bubble.

bug
ngārara (KKH)
An unwanted and unintended property of a program or piece of hardware, especially one that causes it to malfunction.

build
hanga (msoft)

build
whakatūtū(WWOW)
progressive, of a slide.

builder
kaihanga (msoft)
An Access tōl that simplifies a task. For example, you can quickly create a complex expression with the Expression Builder.

built-in
rō-tonu (msoft)
General Usage.

Bulgarian
te reo Bulgarian (Google)
Bulgarian Language.

Bulgarian
te reo Purukeria (Mandrake)
Purukeria Language.

bullet
matā (RF)
A dot or other symbol.

bullet character
pūaahua matā (msoft)
Character that is used as bullet on a bulleted list.

bullet style
kaahua matā (msoft)
Style that is used for a bullet.

bulleted list
rārangi matā (msoft)
A list of text lines with bullets in front of each line.

bulletin board / notice board
papa pānui (Moodle)
An electronic message center.

bullets and numbering
tataunga (KKH)

bullets and numbering
matā (KKH)

bullets and numbering
matā me raunga (RF)

bus
ara hōtuku (KKH)
A set of conductors which connect the functional units in a computer.It is called a bus because it travels to all destinations.

business
pakihi (msoft)
General Usage.

business
umanga (Moodle)
General Usage.

busy
warea (msoft)
For example about a modem or a network, but also about a person's schedule (Outlōk).

button
pātene (WWOW)
General Usage.

button
paatuhi (KKH)
General Usage.

button bar
pae pātene (msoft)

button face
kanohi pātene (msoft)
Face on a button.

button icon
ata pātene (msoft)

button image
atahanga pātene (msoft)
Face on a button.

by date
ā-rā (msoft)
The sort order in which icons shall be listed or arranged - by date, creator etc. The date for a particular computer task.

by date
mo ra (Mandrake)

by default
ā-puta aunoa (msoft)
as standard.

by modified
ā-whakahoutanga (msoft)
The sort order in which icons, files, etc. shall be listed or arranged - by date, creator etc. By selecting this option the items will be sorted by date of last modification.

by name
ā-ingoa (msoft)
The sort order in which icons shall be listed or arranged - by date, creator etc The name of a particular computer task.

by name
mo ingoa (Mandrake)
A search or a view sorted by Name.

by size
ā-rahi (msoft)
The sort order in which icons shall be listed or arranged - by date, creator etc. The size of a particular computer task.

by size
mo nui (Mandrake)
A search or a view sorted by size of the files and folders.

by status
ā-tūranga (msoft)
The sort order in which icons, files, etc. shall be listed or arranged - by date, creator etc. By selecting this option the items will be sorted by date of creation.

by title
ā-taitara (msoft)
The sort order in which icons, files, etc. shall be listed or arranged - by date, creator etc. By selecting this option the items will be sorted alphabetically by title.

by type
ā-momo (msoft)
The sort order in which icons shall be listed or arranged - by date, creator etc. The type of a particular computer task.

byte
warunga (MOE)
A unit of information, consisting of 8 bits.

byte
paiti (TMT)
A unit of information, consisting of 8 bits.

byte
irawaru (TMT)
A unit of information, consisting of 8 bits.

byte
paita (TMT)
A unit of information, consisting of 8 bits.