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Tech Terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| .edu | A website extension that identifies the site as an educational institution, usually a college or university. |
| Backup | To save a second copy of data files, in case the first one doesn't work. |
| Chevron | Double arrows at end of tool bar that allow you to show buttons on two rows |
| Content Standard | A description of what students should know and be able to do within a particular discipline or content domain |
| Curriculum Standard activities used in classroom instruction to teach the benchmarked standard | Activities used in classroom instruction to teach the benchmarked standard |
| Dialog Box | A box that contains a message, often requesting more information or allowing you to select among options |
| Dingbats | Picture fonts |
| Drill Down | Moving from a general level to a detailed level |
| Export | To save data or pictures in a form other programs can read |
| FAQ | An acronym for Frequently Asked Questions |
| Favorites | Where often-used websites are saved on an internet browser |
| Firewall | A part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication. |
| Flash drive | Memory stick-portable place to save files |
| Floppy Drive | A location on the computer that holds a removable disk |
| Folder A icon on the desktop that can hold multiple programs | An icon on the desktop that can hold multiple programs |
| Font | A set of letters, numbers that are of a given look and appearance |
| GIF | An image format, an acronym for Graphical Interchange Format |
| Graphic Organizing Software | Visual representation of the material a student is learning (e.g charts) |
| Hits | The number of matches made by a search engine like Google in a search |
| Hour glass | The picture showing that the computer in "thinking" before it performs your command |
| Hover | To "float" the cursor over a command until some information shows |
| Indent | To use the tab key to start writing or typing a short distance in from the margin |
| Intranet | A local or restricted communications network, especially a private network created using World Wide Web software |
| Java | A program that recreates information so it can be read by most computers |
| Jump drive | Memory stick - portable place to save files |
| Macro | A series of actions that occur following one key stroke |
| Master slave | The relationship between a dominant drive and the secondary one |
| Netiquette | Proper manners on the internet |
| Overwrite | Destroy (data) or the data in (a file) by entering new data in its place |
| Router | A device that forwards data packets to the appropriate parts of a computer network. |
| Transition | The way one slide goes into another |
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