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Keyboarding Vocab #3
Keyboarding Vocabulary 51-75
Question | Answer |
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an input device you move to manipulate on-screen elements | Mouse |
a geographical element (e.g. arrow, hourglass/watch, hand) used to move around the screen to select items, issue commands, and move and manipulate screen elements | Mouse Pointer |
the combining of more than one type of media, such as text, sound, animation, and video | Multimedia |
a horizontal strip at the top of a window that shows the menus available in a program | Menu Bar |
a list of commands or options, especially one displayed on screen | Menu |
keypad The portion of a keyboard, setup like an adding machine or calculator used to enter numbers and equations quickly into the computer | Numeric |
a group of connected computers that allows people to share information and equipment | Network |
storage medium which uses light to read data, examples include CD ROM, CDR, CDRW, DVD, Laser | Optical Disc |
places the contents of the clipboard into a document at the current cursor position | Paste |
the term in reference to the way a document is formatted to print | Page Setup |
a code for the security protection to allow access to a computer or the computer programs | Password |
the default page setup that prints the document vertically | Portrait |
to put what is on the computer screen on paper | |
software written and then donated to the public; anyone can use and copy public domain software free of charge, but it is not always the same quality as commercial software | Public Domain |
a microcomputer with its own processor and hard drive; although technically this refers to all such computers, including Macs, the term PC is nearly synonymous with only the IBM-compatible microcomputers | Personal Computer (PC) |
this is text without extraneous codes that designate font size, font style, etc. | Plain Text |
a list of options that "pulls down" when you select a menu at the top of a window | Pulldown Menu |
key on keyboard that is used to enter information into a computer or to return the cursor to the beginning of a new line | Return/Enter Key |
open a saved document | Retrieve |
to store a file on a hard or floppy disk | Save (a file) |
a horizontal or vertical bar along the edge of a window used to bring different parts of a document into view | Scroll Bar |
the keys on the keyboard used to capitalize letters | Shift Key |
the action you perform when you are finished with your work session; after you perform this action it is safe to turn off the computer | Shut Down |
a graphic organizer used for planning and developing a multimedia report/presentation; the contents, layout, and formatting of each card/slide and the linking together of the cards/slides | Storyboard |