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technology term
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| .com | A website extension that identifies the site as a commercial site |
| .edu | A website extension that identifies the site as an educational institution, usually a college or university |
| .org | A website extension that identifies the site as a non-profit, non-governmental organization |
| Application | A software program that lets you complete a task, such as writing a paper, creating a poster, designing an image, or viewing a Web page. |
| Backup | To save a second copy of data files, in case the first one doesn’t work |
| Benchmark | – a translation of a standard into what the student should know and be able to do at developmentally appropriate levels (i.e., grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12) |
| Browser | The software application that allows you to view Internet pages. |
| Buffer | The buffer is a section of the computer where data is stored before being used. This buffering allows time for an application to fix differences in bit rates among other things. It creates a space of time for compensation |
| C++ | A popular programming language |
| Cache | - A memory section of the hard drive that holds information while the CPU is working on it |
| Cc | Carbon copy or Confidential Copy—send a copy of an email to another person |
| CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory) | – a storage media that is able to store up to 660MB of information (e.g., text, graphics, audio, and full-motion video) |
| Cells | The intersection of a row and a column in Excel—where data can be inserted |
| Chevron | Double arrows at end of tool bar that allow you to show buttons on two rows |
| Clip Art | Graphics, pictures, sometimes called click-art |
| Clipboard | - A windows program that saves information you copy, to be pasted into a program later |
| Columns | The vertical arrangement of cells identified by a letter in Excel |
| Computer | is a programmable machine designed to automatically carry out a sequence of arithmetic or logical operations. |
| Computer virus | A destructive computer program that invades by means of a normal program and damages |
| Configure | – to set the details or structure of a system (e.g., operating system) |
| Content Standard | a description of what students should know and be able to do within a particular discipline or content domain |
| Copyright | - a form of protection provided to the authors of “original works of authorship” including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other intellectual works, both published and unpublished |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit. The CPU is the hardware that most people consider the "brain" of the computer. |
| Curriculum Framework | serves as a bridge between standards and the classroom and provides curriculum content, organization, and presentation |
| Curriculum Standard | activities used in classroom instruction to teach the benchmarked standard |
| Cursor | visually distinct mark on a display indicating where newly typed text will be inserted. The cursor moves as text is typed and, in most modern editors, can be moved around within a document by the user to change the insertion point. |
| Data | Anything that is recorded or used for processing. The stuff that transfers between computers needed a name -- data seemed good. |
| Database | One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and query the data. |
| Desktop | The windows-generated look of the computer before programs are opened with icons, taskbar, and clouds |
| Desktop Publishing | the use of a computer to produce documents for publication |
| Dialog Box | A box that contains a message, often requesting more information or allowing you to select among options |
| Digital | Your CD player is digital. It is a series of small samples of data playing together very quickly (30,000 times a second). Digital recording of information means representing the bits of data through ones and zeros. Playing the bits back to again create wh |
| Dingbats | Picture fonts |
| Disk | - Either hard or floppy. Used to store data |
| Doc | The three-letter extension that tells a user that a document was saved in Word |
| Domain | A group of computers whose hostnames share a common suffix, the "domain name". The last component of this is the top-level domain. |
| Download | - To save a file onto your computer from another source, like the Internet. People often download files, such as free-ware, share-ware, for installations, and sounds, movie clips, text files, or news streams onto their computer for viewing or listening. |
| Drag | To select with the left mouse button and move to a new location |
| Drill down | Moving from a general level to a detailed level |
| Drop down arrow | The black arrow next to a tool that provides selections within a tool |
| Drop down Menu | A menu that has multiple commands that show when you select it |
| E-Mail (Electronic Mail) | correspondence across a network by way of an on-line message-handling computer program |
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