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Active cell | The thick-bordered cell 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-aligned, centered, left- aligned, or fully aligned/justified. |
AND | A way to search for information using the words AND, OR and NOT. Boolean logic was created by English mathematician George Boole 150 years ago. |
Bold | A style of text that makes a letter or word darker and thicker to stand out in a document. |
Buttons, multimedia | A "hotspot" used in multimedia applications to navigate from one place to another or to activate elements (e.g., sound, movies, animation). |
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. |
Column | The vertical divisions in a spreadsheet that are named with an alphabetical letter. |
Delete | A key used to erase characters. |
Descending Order | Organizing or sorting information in order from largest to smallest, Z-A or 9-1. |
Sending and receiving messages through a computer network. This process requires a computer, modem or network connection, and an email address. It is convenient because all messages are sent and received immediately over short or long distances. | |
Edit | To make changes in a document or presentation. |
Field | A place in a database record where a category of information can be entered or located. |
Firewall | Technology that prevents users from visiting inappropriate Web sites, and protects the network from unauthorized users. |
Freeware | Software written and then donated to the public, so anyone is free to copy it and share it with their friends. This is not the same as shareware or commercial software, which is supposed to be paid for. |
GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) | (Pronounced "jiff.") A file format for pictures, photographs, and drawings that are compressed so that they can be sent across telephone lines quickly. Format widely used on electronic bulletin boards and the Internet and are limited to 256 colors, so the |
Graph | A picture shows the relationship of one or more sets of numbers to each other. Some graph types are line, bar, area, and pie graphs. |
Hacker | An unauthorized person who secretly gains access to computer files. |
Highlight or Select | To choose part of a document by clicking and dragging over it with the mouse to highlight the text. |
Keyword | A word or reference point used to describe content on a Web page that search engines use to properly index the page. |