Vocabulary

• make up: To invent or create a story
• in real life: In the physical world; not online or in a fictional setting.
• request for: A formal application or appeal for something.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• slow down: To reduce the speed
• around the world: In or to many countries.
• outside of: Located or situated beyond the boundaries or confines of something.
• speed up: To move more quickly
• closer to home: Nearer to one's place of residence or origin.
• out of date: Expired; too old to be used
• jam out: To play music together informally and enthusiastically.
• know better: To be wise enough not to do something.
• potential: Capable of happening or becoming reality
• content: Being happy or satisfied
• journey: Act of traveling from one place to another; trip
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• plenty: When there is not too little of something; a lot
• capable: Being able to do something very well; proficient
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• responsible: Being the cause of something that has occurred
• spin: To make a ball rotate when throwing it
• device: Object, machine, or equipment for a specific use
• route: Way to get from one place to another place; path
• invest: To use resources to build for the future
• span: Distance between two supports of a bridge
• connection: Something that joins things together; being joined
• fiber: Basic character and nature of a person
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• peak: Part of a cap that sticks out over your eyes
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• receive: To get something someone has given or sent to you
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• laptop: Portable computer small enough to use on your lap
• delivery: Way someone acts when speaking publicly
• crash: To damage an object by causing it to hit something
• basic: At the most important or easiest (beginner) level
• lease: Contract renting land, buildings, etc. to another
• bandwidth: Data transmission rate over the internet
• fast: In a way that is difficult to move or change
• globe: A round object, e.g. like the earth; sphere
• university: High-level educational institution; college
• carry: To have a child, be pregnant
• real: Actually existing or happening, not imagined
• problem: Something difficult to deal with or causes trouble
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• transit: System of transportation, often in a city
• cable: To transmit a message over a wire
• interference: Unwanted involvement in the concerns of others
• unit: One apartment in a building
• circle: A perfectly round shape
• upgrade: To improve something in terms of quality
• hand: Cards given to a player in a card game
• off: Away or free from work
• datum: Item of factual information
• neighbor: Person who lives, or is near, you
• close: Almost; near
• browser: Software that lets you search for information
• call: A order or request for action
• run: To depart or travel according to a schedule
• bottleneck: Become narrow, like a bottleneck
• router: Power tool used in carpentry for cutting grooves
• congest: To be or become very crowded
• modem: Device that sends data to another computer
• outdate: To be older than
• restart: To begin working again after it has stopped