Glossary

برنامه‌ریزی

برنامه‌ریزی means planning or scheduling. It is a genuinely pure-Persian compound: barnâme means program or plan, and rizi derives from the verb rikhtan, to pour or lay out.

کش مرورگر

کش مرورگر names the browser cache: temporary storage that speeds up page loading. کش is from English cache while مرورگر mixes an Arabic root with a Persian agent suffix.

شبکه خصوصی

شبکه خصوصی means private network or VPN. Both roots are Arabic: shabaka means network, and khusus means private. The term is widely used in the context of internet filtering in Iran.

امنیت سایبری

امنیت سایبری blends Arabic and English roots. Amniyyat is from Arabic and means security, while sayebari adapts the English word cyber into Persian with an adjective suffix.

صفحه لمسی

صفحه لمسی names a touchscreen in standard Persian. Both roots are Arabic in origin: safhe means page or surface, and lamsi derives from the Arabic root for touch.

فایل پیوست

فایل پیوست combines an English loanword with a native Persian root. In everyday digital life it names any file attached to an email or message, from a PDF to a photo.

پرینت کردن

پرینت کردن (perint kardan) means to print a document. It combines the English noun “print” with the Persian light verb kardan, forming a mixed compound verb that is the standard colloquial way to say printing in Persian.

کلاود

کلاود (kelâwd) is the Persian loanword for cloud computing or cloud storage, taken from English “cloud”. It is the standard term in Iranian tech discourse for remote server-based storage and services.

مودم

مودم (modem) is the Persian word for a modem or internet router, borrowed from English. It is used for both the technical device that connects to an ISP and the home Wi-Fi router that most Iranians mean in daily conversation.

استوری

استوری (estori) is the Persian colloquial word for a social media story, borrowed directly from English. It refers to the 24-hour disappearing photo or video posts popularized by Instagram and Snapchat.

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