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Computer Skills 2
Question | Answer |
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Hyperlink | a word, phrase, or image that you can click on to jump to a new document or a new section within the current document |
Link | When you are browsing the Web and you see a highlighted and underlined word or phrase on a page, there is a good chance you are looking at this |
Web page | an individual HTML document |
Website | a collection of Web pages |
HTML | This is the language that Web pages are written in |
HTTP | This is the protocol used to transfer data over the World Wide Web or also called "HyperText Transport Protocol" |
HTTPS | "HyperText Transport Protocol Secure." |
Serial Port | a type of connection on PCs that is used for peripherals such as mice |
Parallel Port | This interface is found on the back of older PCs and is used for connecting external devices such as printers or a scanners |
USB Port | Stands for "Universal Serial Bus." |
Webmaster | the person in charge of maintaining a Web site |
Domain Name | This is the name that identifies an Web site |
Domain Suffix | is the last part of a domain name and is often referred to as a "top-level domain" or TLD |
Encryption | The coding or scrambling of information so that it can only be decoded and read by someone who has the correct decoding key |
Log In / Log On | If you are ever asked to enter your username and password, you are being asked to enter your |
Log Off / Log Out | refers to the process of accessing a secure computer system or website and disconnects you from a server |
Cookie | a small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. |
Screen Shot | picture taken of your computer's desktop. This may include the desktop background, icons of files and folders, and open windows. |
Upload | sending a file from your computer to another system. |
Download | This is the process in which data is sent to your computer. |
Auto fill Cursor | This cursor looks like a thin black cross and this cursor will let you repeat things or in a series |
Select Mode Cursor | This cursor looks like a thick cross if you are in excel and this shows you are in normal mode |
Click and Drag Cursor | This cursor looks like a white arrow with a black outline and if you move this it will move where ever you have your mouse |
Resizing Cursor | This cursor looks like a thick black line with two arrows intersecting it and this cursor is used to change the size of your columns and rows |