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Selena IT Vocabulary
Introductory Vocabulary in Computers
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Definition of Operating System | The "brains" of a computer such as Mac OSX |
| Definition of Multimedia | Audio and video controller such as iTunes |
| Definition of Desktop Publishing | Creating professional high quality documents that can't be made in the Word Processing Software such as Publisher |
| Definition of Word Processor | A software that we can use to create an informational document such as Pages |
| Definition of Spreadsheet | A program that looks like graph paper and can manipulate the rows and columns that are used in calculations such as Numbers |
| Definition of Presentation Software | A software like slideshow in sequence. It can be featured with graphics and audible video and could be showed to a public audience such as Keynote |
| Definition of Application | A software program that lets you complete many different kinds of tasks such as Finder, Pages, Safari, iWeb, Twitter |
| Definition of Icon | Picture that allows you to click on it and go straight to an application, folder, file, etc. such as Skype, iChat, and Firefox |
| Definition of Folder | An icon used for organizing related files and documents such as a homework folder |
| Definition of Finder | A software that helps you to locate documents and all sorts of stuff such as putting files into files |
| Definition of Dock | A visual, convenient tray where you put commonly used programs such as Firefox, Photobooth, etc. |
| Definition of Spotlight | A searching feature that can find anything on the computer such as websites that you went to previously |