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Technology Terms
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Explorer | A program in Windows that displays all files, folders and programs available on a computer |
| Fill | Background color of a picture, text box or diagram |
| Graphics | The digital version of an image, a photograph, or a picture displayed on a monitor screen |
| GIF | An image format, an acronym for Graphical Interchange Format |
| Export | To save data or pictures in a form other programs can read |
| Content Standard | A description of what students should know and be able to do within a particular discipline or content domain |
| Chevron | Double arrows at end of tool bar that allow you to show buttons on two rows |
| Buffer | The buffer is a section of the computer where data is stored before being used. This buffering allows time for an application to fix differences in bit rates among other things. It creates a space of time for compensation. |
| Drop down Menu | A menu that has multiple commands that show when you select it |
| .org | A website extension that identifies the site as a non-profit, non-governmental organization |
| Cache | A memory section of the hard drive that holds information while the CPU is working on it |
| C++ | A popular programming language |
| Byte | A unit of space. It is also used to represent a series of seven or eight ASCII code digits representing a character. |
| CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory) | A storage media that is able to store up to 660MB of information (e.g., text, graphics, audio, and full-motion video) |
| Cc | Carbon copy or Confidential Copy—send a copy of an email to another person |
| Configure | To set the details or structure of a system (e.g., operating system) |
| Curriculum Standard | Activities used in classroom instruction to teach the benchmarked standard |
| Curriculum Framework | Serves as a bridge between standards and the classroom and provides curriculum content, organization, and presentation |
| Database | One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and query the data. |
| Desktop Publishing | The use of a computer to produce documents for publication |
| Domain | A group of computers whose hostnames share a common suffix, the "domain name". The last component of this is the top-level domain. |
| Drop down arrow | The black arrow next to a tool that provides selections within a tool |
| Drill down | Moving from a general level to a detailed level |
| Environmental Probe | Environmental Probe – computer peripheral that senses environmental data and communicates reading directly into the computer for recording and storage (e.g., pH sensor, humidity sensor) |
| Ethernet | A system for connecting a number of computer systems to form a LAN, with protocols to control the passing of information and to avoid simultaneous transmission by two or more systems |
| Extension | The three-letter extension that tells a user that a document was saved in Word |
| Floppy Drive | A location on the computer that holds a removable disk |
| Gigabyte | (GB) It's about a billion bytes. Actually it's 2 to the 30th power or 1,073,741,824. |
| Graphic Applications Software | One of a number of types of computer software that enables the user to create or manipulate illustrations, graphs, drafting products, and a variety of other images |
| Graphic organizing software | Graphic organizing software - Visual representation of the material a student is learning (e.g charts |
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