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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Active cell | The highlighted box where you can enter numbers or formulas in a spreadsheet. |
| Alignment | Text conforms to the left and right margins of the page. |
| AND | To search for information using the words AND, OR and NOT. |
| Animated clip art | A moving clip art graphic. |
| Anti-Virus | An application designed to search for viruses and repair files on a computer. |
| Application | Program or software. |
| Application/Software | Helps you write letters, analyze numbers, sort files, manage finances, draw pictures, and play games. |
| Arrow keys | The keys on computer keyboard used to move the cursor up, down, left, or right on your screen. |
| Ascending Order | Organizing or sorting information in order from smallest to largest, or A-Z or 1-9. |
| AUP - Acceptable Use Policy | A set of rules and guidelines that are set up to regulate Internet use and to protect the user. |
| Axis | . The horizontal line is called the X-axis, and the vertical line is called the Y-axis. |
| Bar graph | One type of graph developed from spreadsheet data that uses parallel bars to compare data. |
| Bold | A style of text that makes a letter or word darker and thicker to stand out in a document. |
| Button | A little box on your screen that you click on with your mouse to accomplish a task. |
| Button bar | A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a window. r. |
| Buttons, multimedia | navigate from one place to another (sound, movies, animation). |
| Calculate | Allows the computer to automatically perform calculations. |
| Cell | The space at the intersection of a row and column in a spreadsheet. |
| Chart | A way to present information from a spreadsheet in the form of graphs or tables. |
| Circle graph | A picture showing the relationship of two or more sets of data using a circler. |
| Clip art | Clip art includes items such as cartoons, maps, symbols, and flags. |
| Column | The vertical divisions in a spreadsheet that are named with an alphabetical letter. |
| Copy | To make an exact copy of information in your document, so you can place in order to duplicate it in a new location. |
| CPU (Central Processing Unit) | The main chip that allows computers to do millions of calculations per second |
| Credits | To give reference to the creator and source of the information used in a presentation. |
| Cursor | Information appears at the cursor. |
| Database | Software application that helps manage large collections of information. |
| Delete | A key used to erase characters. |
| Descending Order | Organizing or sorting information in order from largest to smallest, Z-A or 9-1. |
| Desktop | The background on the windows, menus, and dialog boxes on a PC. |
| Desktop publishing | Using features of word processing. |
| Domain | The part of an Internet address that identifies where a person's account is located. |
| Sending and receiving messages through a computer network. | |
| Edit | To make changes in a document or presentation. |
| Enter/Return | The key used to begin a new line in a word processor. |
| Entry bar | The field where information is entered in a spreadsheet. |
| Field | A place in a database record where a category of information can be entered or located |
| File | A set of related records in a database. |
| Firewall | Technology that prevents users from visiting inappropriate Web sites. |
| Font | The shape and style of text. |
| Format | To set the margins, tabs, font or line spacing in layout of a document. |
| Freeware | Software written and then donated to the public. |
| GIF Graphic Interchange Format | A file format for pictures, photographs, and drawings that be sent across telephone lines quickly. |
| Graph | A picture shows the relationship of one or more sets of numbers to each other. |
| Graphic | Images/pictures created, edited, and/or published using a computer. |
| Hacker | An unauthorized person who secretly gains access to computer files. |
| Hardware | Part the system such as a keyboard, screen, mouse, joystick, printer, speakers. |
| Highlight or Select | A document by clicking and dragging over it with the mouse to highlight the text. |
| Home page | An introductory screen on a Web page on the World Wide Web, used to welcome visitors. |
| Home row | Keys with fingers of the left hand are on A-S-D-F and fingers on the right hand on J-K-L. |
| Host | The name given to a computer directly connected to the Internet. |
| Hyperlink or Hypertext | Special text when clicked jumps the user from one related topic to another. |
| Illustration | Clip art, graphics or drawings on a computer. |
| Indent | To set the first line of a paragraph in from the margin in a word processing document. |
| Internet | Term given to the network of computers that provide information worldwide. |
| JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group | A standard for shrinking graphics so they can be sent faster between modems and take up less space on your hard drive. |
| Keyboard | The hardware device used to enter letters into the computer. |
| Keyword | A word or reference point used to describe content on a Web page |
| Label | The term given to the words entered on a spreadsheet usually naming a column. |
| Landscape | The page setup that permits a document to be printed in a horizontal position. |