A recent study found that many Americans are lost when it comes to tech-related terms, with 11% saying that they thought HTML - a language that is used to create websites - was a sexually transmitted disease.

Some other funny findings of this study:
27% identified "gigabyte" as an insect commonly found in South America. A gigabyte is a measurement unit for the storage capacity of an electronic device.
42% said they believed a "motherboard" was "the deck of a cruise ship." A motherboard is usually a circuit board that holds many of the key components of a computer.
23% thought an "MP3" was a "Star Wars" robot. It is actually an audio file.
18% identified "Blu-ray" as a marine animal. It is a disc format typically used to store high-definition videos.
15% said they believed "software" is comfortable clothing. Software is a general term for computer programs.
12% said "USB" is the acronym for a European country. In fact, USB is a type of connector.

http://www.latimes.com/business/tec...s-20140304,0,1188415.story#ixzz2vEVUBwW4

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