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tech tools
computer vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Active Cell | The thick-bordered box where you can enter numbers or formulas in a spreadsheet. |
| Alignment | How your text conforms to the left and right margins of a page. The text can be right-alignment, centered, left-alignment, or fully aligned/justified. |
| AND | A way to search for info using the words AND, OR and NOT. Boolean logic was created by English mathematician George Boole 150 years ago. |
| Animated clip art | A moving clip art graphic. |
| Anti-Virus | An app designed to search for viruses and repair flies on a computer. |
| Apps/software | Programs that allow you to accomplish certain tasks such as write letters, analyze numbers, sort flies, manage fiances, draw pictures, and play games. |
| Arrow Keys | The keys on the keyboard used to go up, down, left, right |
| Ascending Order | Organizing or sorting info in order from smallest to largest, or A-Z or 1-9 |
| App | program software. |
| AUP- Acceptable Use Policy | A set of rules and guidelines. |
| Axis | A feature of a chart, on which you can plot numbers. The horizontal line is called the X-axis, and the vertical line is called the Y-axis. |
| Bar Graph | One type of graph that uses parallel bars |
| Bold | A style of text that makes a letter or word thicker and darker |
| Button | A little box on your screen. |
| Button Bar | A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a window. |
| Buttons, multimedia | A "hotspot" used in multimedia application |
| calculate | the working of mathematical equations. |
| cell | the space at the intersection of a row |
| chart | a way to present information |
| circle graph | a picture showing the relationship of two or more sets of data |
| clip art | drawings you can add to your documents or presentations |
| column | the vertical division in a spreadsheet |
| copy | to make an exact copy of information |
| CPU (central processing unit) | the main chip that allows computers to do millions of calculations |
| credits | to give reference to the creator |
| cursor | this is where the action is located on your screen |
| database | software application that helps manage large collections of information |
| delete | a key used to erase |
| descending order | ordering or sorting info from smallest to biggest |
| desktop | the background on the windows |
| desktop publishing | using features of word processing |
| domain | the part of an internet address that identifies were a account is located |
| sending and receiving messages through a computer | |
| edit | to make changes in a document |
| enter/return | the key used to be a new line |
| entry bar | the field where information is entered |
| field | a place in a database recorded where a category of information can be entered |
| 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 |
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