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Vocab CSS103
Week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Activation Key | A combination of letter and numbers a user must enter before using software. |
| Adapter Card | A card that adds additional fucntions to a computer by plugging into the motherboard. |
| Application Software | These computer programs are designed to help users complete tasks on their computers or smartphones |
| Byte | The basic measurement unit of computer storage and memory, equivalent to one character of text |
| Download | The transfer of a file from the Internet to your computer |
| Graphical User Interface (GUI) | A way to manipulate a computer system by interacting with graphics instead of by typing in commands. |
| Hard Disk Drive | The permanent storage on a computer |
| Hardware | The physical parts of a computer. |
| Input Device | A device that provides information for the computer process. |
| Memory Card | A data storage device used in digital camera and smartphones |
| Motherboard | The large circuit board of a computer where peripherals attach. |
| Network | A group of connected computers |
| Operating System | The system software provided to a computer user by the computer manufacturer |
| Presentation Application | A computer program that allows users to create a show to display for an audience with the ability to incule media |
| Processor | The computing center of a computer where all information is processed |
| Random Access Memory (RAM) | The temporary storage on a computer |
| Server | The hose computer that delivers web pages and other applications to your browers |
| Software | A program that is not a physical device that dirrects the computer to perform certain tasks |
| Software Upgrade | A change in an application or new feature added to a software progarm that a developer releases for users to add. |
| Spreadsheet Application | A computer program that allows a user to create worksheets with data in rows and columns to sort and manipulate as needed |
| Storage Device | A device that keeps a computer's information until the user decides to delete the information. |
| Utility Program | Computer software that maintains the system for maximum performance |
| Word Processing | A computer program that allows a user to create documents with text. |
| Browsing | The process of performing a search of online categories in order to find a website or web page |
| Citation | A quote from a larger work |
| Credibility | Whether or not a source provides reliable, accurate information, checked and verified by experts |
| Domain Name | The words or numbers, known as IP addressed, that identify a website |
| E-Commerce | The buying and selling of goods online |
| Home Page | The first page in a group of pages on a website that describes the site's purpose and provides the navigational structure for moving through the website |
| Internet Service Provider (ISP) | A company that sells Internet connectivitiy to individuals |
| Keyword | A term or group of terms used to find inormation on the web |
| Malware | Computer software that works as an independent program that infects a computer's files and programs after being downloaded from what looks like a trusted source. |
| Netiquete | Informal rules of behavior for communicating on the web |
| New Media | Contect not traditionally delivered in digital form that is now found online, suck as music, movies, newpapers, or books. |
| Phishing | The practice of using spam e-mail to elicit a response and obtain a computer user's private information |
| Rootkit | A computer virus that attacks ca computer's internal storage system |
| Seach Engine | An automated database that delivers alist of links as a response to a specific keyword request from the user |
| Social Engineering | The usually criminal practice of maipulating a person into provided sensitive information online |
| Social Networks | An online community |
| Trojan Horse | A computer virus disguised as a normal program that ifects a computer after being downloaded from an e-mail, pop-up advertisment, or downloaded software |
| World Wide Web | A collection of Internet sites that provide text, graphic, sound, video, and orther digital content |
| Central Processing Unit (CPU) | The main system of a computer that controls and carries out its functions |
| Contect-Sensitive Commands | These shortcut menu choices appear as auser right-clicks on the computer screen |
| Dialog Box | A window that appears during the use of computer application. |
| Format Painter | A command on the Home tabe that provides access to the document formatting styles |
| Function Key | One of the 12 keys located at the top of the keyboard. |
| Key Tips | A Windows Ribbon feature allowing a user to use the keyboard keys instead of a mouse to switch tabs or activate commands from teh Quick Access Toolbar |
| Menu | A graphical collection of options that appears on your desktop so you can perform a function on your computer |
| Microsoft Access | The database creastion and management program |
| Microsoft Excel | The spreadsheet program |
| Microsoft Office 2010 | A suite of computer programs created and distributed by Microsoft |
| Microsoft OneNote | The multi-user collaboration program |
| Microsoft Outlook | |
| Microsoft PowerPoint | Presentation sofware |
| Microsoft Publiser | Publisher program |
| Microsoft Word | Word processing |
| Network Drive | A location on a server where networked users can sccess shared files by mapping to the specific location where they reside |
| Quick Access Toolbar | A group of frequently used commands on the Windows Ribbon interface. |
| Recycle Bin | Trash |
| Scroll Bar | Sliding control toosl on the page |
| Shortcut | The graphical icons on your desktop for programs you access frequently or those you choose to access directly from your desktop |
| Status Bar | Theis is rorw of information about the current application that appears at the bottom of the document window |
| Task Bar | Appears at the bottom of the computer desktop screen and displays all running programs. |
| Ctrl+C | Copy |
| Ctrl+X | Cut |
| Ctrl+P | |
| Ctrl+V | Paste |
| Ctrl+Z | Undo |
| Ctrl+Y | Redo |
| Delete | Delete and move to recycle bin |
| Shift+Delete | Delete w/o moving to recycle bin |
| Ctrl+Right Arrow | Move cursor to the beginning of the next word |
| Ctrl+Left Arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning ot the previous word |
| Ctrl+Down Arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph |
| Ctrl+Up Arrow | Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph |
| Ctrl+Shift With Arrow Key | Select a block of text |
| Shift With Any Arrow Key | Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop or select text within a document |
| Ctrl With Any Arrow key + Spacebar | Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop |
| Ctrl+A | Select All |
| Alt+Enter | Display properties for selected items |
| Alt+Tab | Switch between open items |
| Ctrl+Alt+Tab With Any Arrow Key | Change the orientation of screen |
| Ctrl+mouse scroll wheel | Change the size of icons on the desktop |
| Alt+Esc | Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened |
| Ctrl+Esc | Open the Start menu |
| Alt+Up Arrow | View the folder one lexel up in Windows Explorer |
| Esc | Cancel the current task |
| Ctrl+Shift+Esc | Open the Task manager |
| Ctrl+Shift | Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are enabled |
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