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Technology terms
Vocabs for upcoming quiz 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Application | A program that lets you complete a task, such as writing a paper, poster, designing an image, or viewing a Webpage. |
| Benchmark | translation of a standard into what students should know and be able to do developmentally appropriate levels. |
| Buffer | A section of the computer where data is stored before being used. Allows to fix differences in bit rates in an application. |
| Byte | unit of space, represented by seven or eight code digits ASCII code digits. |
| C++ | popular programming language |
| Cache | memory section of a hard drive that holds the information |
| Cc | Carbon copy/Confidential copy sends a copy of an email to another person |
| CD-ROM | storage device that is able to store up to 660 MB of info. |
| Chevron | double arrows at the end of tool bar which allow you to show button on two rows. |
| Clip Art | graphs and pictures |
| Clipboard | A window program that saves the info you copy that could be used for later. |
| Configure | set the details or structure of a system |
| Content Standard | description of what students should know what and be able to do. |
| Curriculum Framework | a bridge between standards and the classroom which provides curriculum content, organization, and presentation. |
| Cursor | visually distinct mark where you can insert newly typed text, moves when text is typed. |
| Data | recorded or used for processing. Stuff that transfers between computers. |
| Database | One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software and query that data/ |
| Desktop | windows-generated look of the computer before programs are opened with icons. task bar, and clouds. |
| Desktop Publishing | use of a computer to produce documents for publication. |
| Dingbats | picture fonts |
| Doc | a three-letter extension that tells a user that the document was saved on Microsoft Word. |
| Domain | a group of computers whose hostnames share a common suffix. |
| Drill Down | moving from general level to detailed leve |
| Drop down arrow | black arrow next to a tool that provides selections within a tool |
| Environmental Probe | senses environmental data and communicates reading directly into a computer for recording and storage. |
| Ethernet | connecting a number of computer systems to form a LAN, which controls the passing of info and avoid simultaneous transmission. |
| Export | save data or pictures in a form other programs can read. |
| Firewall | designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outside communication. |
| Floppy Drive | location on the computer that holds a removable disk. |
| Gigabyte | billion of bytes, 2 to the 30th horsepower. |
| Graphic Applications Software | enables the user to create and manipulate illustrations, graphs, drafting products, and a variety of images. |
| Graphic organizer | diagram that organizes info on a topic. |
| graphic organizing software | visual representation of the material a student is learning |
| graphics | digital version of an image. |
| hits | number of matches made by the search engine. |
| homepage | page of the internet which often gives users access to the rest of the website. |
| hourglass | shows that the computer is thinking |
| hover | float the cursor over a command until the info shows |
| html | coded language to created inter documents |
| hypertext | markup language that allows non-linear transfers of data. Allows computational power rather attacking the mainframe. |
| input device | used to transfer data from the outside world into the computer system |
| internet | world wide network of computers in which every computer can get info, |
| intranet | local or private network of computers, WWW |
| Java | recreates info so it could be readable. |
| jump drive | memory stick to save files |
| LAn | limited to the immediate area. |
| link | connect to one page of the internet |
| login | attach to a computer. |
| macro | series of commands that follows one key stroke. |
| master-slave | relationship between primary and secondary drives. |
| menu bar | activates drop down menus |
| mouse-over | float the cursor over a command until the info shows. |
| nettiquette | proper manners of the internet |
| network | sends and receives data |
| numbered outline | indented list using numbers/letters to organize info. |
| operating system | controls a computer and it's peripherals. |
| output drives | used to transfer data out of the computer in a form of text, image, sounds, or other media to a display screen, printer, |
| overwrite | destroy data into entering new ones |
| platform | computer hardware and the operating system that runs it |
| RAM | acts as a storage while the computer is on, erase when computer is off. |
| ROM | keeps it's data when the computer is off. |
| router | device forwards data packets to the appropriate parts of a computer network. |
| software | actual code of the computer that the computer reads. |
| spyware | malware that collects info without us knowing. |
| standard | describes what students should know and be able to do it. |
| switch | connects network segments |
| taskbar | shows what programs are opened |
| telecommunications | types of communication devices, (e.g telephones, satellite, radio) |
| toolbar | collection of icons that make choices available. |
| trademark | word, name, symbol, or device which is used in trade. |
| transition | one slide goes into another |
| upload | transfers programs from small "client" to central "host." |
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