Kindergarten computer skills terms
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| Programs that allow you to accomplish certain tasks such as write letters, analyze numbers, sort files, manage finances, draw pictures, and play games. | Application/Software
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| The keys on a computer keyboard used to move the cursor up, down, left, or right on your screen | Arrow keys
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| A set of rules/guidelines that tell you what you can and cannot do while using a computer and/or the Internet while at school or in the library. Being responsible when using the Internet or computer. | AUP (Acceptable Use Policy)
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| Sequence of slides in a linear multimedia presentation. | Beginning/Middle/End
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| Arrange or sort spreadsheet information in categories according to shared qualities or characteristics. | Classify
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| To bring information together into a spreadsheet/table. | Collect/Organize
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| A characteristic of multimedia, the ability to change and add color, or to change color of text in word processing/desktop publishing. | Color
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| The computer is the entire machine (monitor, CPU, keyboard, etc) used by people to work and play. | Computer
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| The main chip that allows computers to do millions of calculations per second and makes it possible for users to write letters and balance your checkbook. The brain of the computer that tells the other parts what to do. | CPU (Central Processing Unit)
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| This is where the action is located on your screen, represented by a flashing line. When you type on your keyboard, the information appears at the cursor. | Cursor
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| “Netiquette” Treating others online the way you want to be treated in person; not giving away personal information; not teasing others online | Cyberbullying
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| A key used to erase characters. A computer’s eraser like your pencil’s eraser. | Delete
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| The key used to begin a new line in a word processor, or to enter information into a spreadsheet. | Enter/Return
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| A set of related records in a database | File
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| A button/choice in the menu bar (button bar) that gives you choices to save, print, open/retrieve, or create a new document. | File in Word, Pages, etc
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| A way to show information/data gathered in a visual manner. Often used with spreadsheets. Examples: line, bar, circle, and pictograph | Graph
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| Part of the computer system such as a keyboard, screen, mouse, joystick, printer, speakers, etc. items you can touch | Hardware
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| Images/pictures created, edited, and/or published using a computer. | Image/Graphic
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| Term given to the group of computers around the world that share information | Internet
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| The hardware device used to enter letters into the computer. | Keyboard
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| The page setup that permits a document to be printed in a horizontal position. | Landscape
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| A bridge between one page, picture, or word to another page, picture, or word. Usually underlined or in color. | Links
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| The row of commands at the top of the computer screen allowing you choices of operations such as File, Edit, Save, Insert, etc. | Menu bar
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| The device with a screen used to show computer images. | Monitor
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| A tool used to move the cursor and pointer around the screen. | Mouse
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| To use a combination of text, pictures, sounds, movies, and/ or animation in a presentation. | Multimedia
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| The portion of a keyboard, set up like an adding machine or calculator used to enter numbers and equations quickly into the computer. | Numeric keypad
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| Term used for using the Internet to find things out. | Online/digital information
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| Precautions taken to protect personal information and images from being misused by others. | Online Safety
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| To make a object/file accessible.. Tells the computer to go get what you saved so you can open it again and make changes, etc. | Open/retrieve
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| To put what is on the computer screen on paper (hard copy). It creates a paper copy of the document created on the computer. | Print
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| A hardware device used to make a paper copy of what is created on the computer. | Printer
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| To store information on a floppy disk, hard drive (CPU/brain) or CD for later use. Work should be saved often, every 5 or 10 minutes, to make sure your latest changes are safely recorded. | Save
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| A characteristic of multimedia presentations that produce music or sound effects. | Sound
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| A computer that does not rely upon any other computer or server to work. | Stand alone computer
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| Words on a page. | Text
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| The intentional act of destroying computer files or computer networks. | Vandalism
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| A tool to key (type) letters, numbers, and words. | Word Processing
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| Netiquette | Treating others the way you want to be treated while using the Internet.
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| Draw | A software feature that allows the user to draw.
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You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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