Those tech jargons confuse you often? You are not alone. A recent survey reveals that aimed at breaking the walls of 'techno babble' shows that many technology words perplex users leaving them scratching their heads.

According to Alex Watson, editor of Custom PC magazine, a reason contributing towards the complexity of technology terms is that many companies tag different names on similar products, adding to the confusion. He says, "Some names are just made up for marketing purposes, while others are chosen so users can relate to the term."

The survey, conducted by Gadget Helpline, reveals Top 10 most confusing technological terms.

One of the commonly used word which often confuses many users is Dongle. A Dongle is like a small USB drive that connects to a computer to run a software in a secured manner. It is used as a high-end form of security to prevent the unauthorised copying of software.

Today's dongle technology makes use of a computer's USB port, plugging in just like a portable flash drive. The software then sends an encrypted request to the dongle for a validation key, which is also encrypted. This means that in order to crack the dongle, one must first crack the encryption. Doogle was used in 1980 for the first time on Wordcraft programme.

Cookie is another term which baffles people. Cookies are defined as small pieces of text stored on a computer's web browser. They basically store user's settings, shopping cart contents, or other data used by the websites.

In simple terms, it is a message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.

As for the purpose they serve, Cookies are a great help in preparing customised Web pages for them. They are used for authenticating, session tracking and maintaining specific information about users like site preferences.

So in simple terms cookies are used by Web servers to differentiate users and to maintain data related to the them during navigation. Most browsers now allow users to decide if they want to store cookies or not.

Another common and confusing term is WAP. An abbreviation for Wireless Application Protocol, WAP allows users to access information via handheld wireless devices such as mobile phones, pagers, two-way radios, smartphones and communicators. In simple terms, its main use is to enable access to the Internet (HTTP) from a mobile phone or PDA.

WAP supports most wireless networks including CDPD, CDMA, GSM, PDC, PHS, TDMA, FLEX, ReFLEX, iDEN, TETRA, DECT, DataTAC, and Mobite. It also supports all major OSes.

A WAP browser provides all of the basic services of a computer but operates within the restrictions of a mobile phone, such as its smaller view screen. WAP though supports HTML and XML, the WML language (Wireless Markup Language) is specifically devised for small screens and one-hand navigation without a keyboard.

A telephone plug or phone jack is a connector used to connect a telephone to the telephone wiring in a home or business, and then in turn to a local telephone network.

The plug is inserted into a telephone jack fixed to a wall or baseboard. The standard for telephone plugs varies from country to country. However, RJ11 modular connector is the most common type used in most countries.