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Keyboarding_vocab_1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The machinery of the computer system | hardware |
| ino=out device for computer-device from which you key letters, # and special characters into computer | keyboard |
| hand-held device used to move the cursor around the screen | mouse |
| part of the computer that shows info as it is entered (looks like TV screen) | monitor |
| Central Processing Unit- the "brain" of the computer | CPU |
| computer hardware that makes a hard copy (printed word on paper) | printer |
| progams and the instructions that run the computer | software |
| to load all of the instructions into the computer to make it work | boot |
| to place data from a file to the active memory of computer | load |
| small line that appears on the screen where the next key stroke will appear | cursor |
| an order that the computer processes | command |
| creating text on the computer | word processing |
| a key on the keyboard that moves curosr back one space and erases the character in that space | backspace |
| a key that tells the computer to remove the data that we put in | delete |
| a key that sends the cursor to the next line | enter key |
| to hold data for future use | store |
| a key that moves the cursor one space to the right | space bar |