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Hardware & Software
Vocabulary Terms and Definitions for Computer Technology Standard 4
Term | Definition |
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Computer system | The computer along with any software and peripheral devices that are necessary to make the computer function. |
Database | A collection of organized data that allows access, retrieval, and use of data. |
Delete | To erase a document from a computer. |
Desktop publishing | The use of a software application to combine page layout, text, and artwork to produce documents properly formatted for print, Web, or mobile devices. |
Document | A computer file containing information input by a computer user and usually created with an application. |
File Management | A program on a computer that provides tools and allows the user to search for, manage, create, edit, view, print, rename, copy, or delete files or folders. |
Folder | An organizational element of a computer operating system used to group files. |
Hardware | The physical components (machine, wires, etc.) that make up the system unit plus the peripheral devices connected to it. |
Input device | Enters data and commands into the computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, touch screen, microphone, webcam, etc.). |
Operating system | System software that acts as a "go between", allowing computer hardware and other software to communicate with each other (e.g., Windows 8, Mac OS 10.7, Linux, Unix, etc.). |
Output device | Allows the user to view or listen to the data a computer processes (e.g., monitor, printer, headphones, speakers, etc.). |
Peripherals | Additional hardware that isn't necessary for a computer to function, but does enhance how the computer can be used (e.g., scanner, webcam, microphone, pen tablet). |
Presentation | An application that allows the user to create and save slides to use as a slide show. |
Rename | To change the title of a document. |
Save As | A feature that allows you to change the attributes of a file (such as location, file name, or file type) before saving it. |
Save | to store data to access at a later time. |
Spreadsheet | A grid of rows and columns containing numbers, text, and formulas used to perform calculations. |
Storage device | External hardware used to store and retrieve data, such as a disk drive, CD/DVD drive, or flash drive. |
Word processing | The use of software application to create, edit, format, print and save text |