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HSRT 8th
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A computer program designed to damage computer files | Virus |
| The intentional act of destroying computer files or computer networks | Vandalism |
| The term for a number in a spreadsheet that can be added, subtracted, multiplied or divided | Value |
| Web site address | URL |
| A feature in most word processors used to replace a word in a document with one that is more suitable and adds variety to your writing | Thesaurus |
| an acronym for what you see is what you get | Wysimyg |
| A computer file designed to do damage to a computer or network | Worm |
| occurs at the end of a line when there’s no more space and it automatically changes to the next line | Word wrap |
| The act of sending and receiving information | Telecommunication |
| Columns of rows of cells that can be filled with text that are used to organize information | Table |
| A graphic organizer used for planning and developing a multimedia report/presentation | sorty board |
| A computer that does not rely upon any other computer or server to work | Stand alone computer |
| Words on a page | Text |
| World wide web | WWW |
| Using keyboard skills to produce documents such as letters,manuals, and newsletters. | Word processing |
| Uniform resource locator | Web Adress |
| First part of email adress | User Name |
| An aplication or a way to organize, anlalyze, calculate | Spreadsheet |
| Arranging information in a specific order | Sort |
| Programs that allow you to accomplish certain tasks | Software/Application |
| Search Strategies | 1.Try to remember the url. 2. Use subject directories 3. use a search engine for large searches using unique keywords |
| Security | Protection of the computer, computer, files, or a computer network |
| select or highlight | To choose text by clicking or draging over it |
| server | A special computer used to store programs and files |
| Software/Application | Programs that allow you to accomplish a certain task |
| Search | To look for specific information on the internet or computer |
| Search engine | Software that searches,gathers and identifies information from a database based on keywords. |
| save as | To save a document with a new name |
| Save | To stor informathion on a floppy disk,hard drive, or C.D for later use. work should be saved often, every 5 or 10 minutes to make sure your latest changes |
| Row | The horizontal divisions in a spreadsheet named with a number. |
| Retrieve | Open a saved document. |
| Record | A collection of related feild and entries |
| Public domain | Software written and then donated to the public. Anyone can use and copy public domain software free. |
| Pobeware | computer assisted data collection tools |
| Printer | A hardware device used to make a paper copy of what is created on the computer. |
| Paste | To insert the last information that was cut or copied into a document. Cut and paste can be used to move information within or between documents. |
| Pictogram | Pictures used to create a bar graph chart |
| pie graph | circle graph divided into pieces that look like portions of a pie. |
| Portrait | The default page setup that prints the document vertically. |
| To put what is on the computer screen on paper. It creates a paper copy of the document created on the computer. | |
| printer | A hardware device used to make a paper copy of what is created on the computer. |
| Password | A code for the security protection |
| Page set up | The term in reference to the way a document is formatted to print. |
| OR | Formal name given to advance search strategies using and, or and not connecters. |
| Online Saftey | Precautions taken to protect personal information and images from being misused by others |
| Online resources | Internet information available to a computer user |
| monitor | The device with a screen used to show computer images |
| Math symbols to use when searching | symbols used in a search:Greater than symbol less than symbol greater than symbol |
| Links | Connections that bridge one image , page, or word to another by clicking on a highlighted word or phrase. |
| linear | moving in a straight line or path; a multimedia presentation that moves in a straight line from image to image . |
| line spacing | The Span between lines of text |
| Line graph | A graph used to display trends and compare data |
| Landscape | The page setup thats permits a document to be printed in a horizontal position. |
| Label | The term given to the words entered on a spreadsheet usually naming a collumn |
| Keyword | A word or reference point used to describe content on a web page that search engines use to properly. |
| Keyboard | The hardware device used to enter letters into the keyword. |
| JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) | A standard for shrinking graphics so they can be sent faster between modems and take up less space on your hard drive. These graphics can be reduced to 5 percent of their original size, but the image quality deteriorates. however, compressing graphics to |
| Indent | To set the first line of a paragraph in form the margin in a word processing document |
| hyperlink or hypertext | Special text when clicked jumps the user from one related topic to another |
| Host | The name given to a computer connected directly to the internet |
| Home row | keys on the key board used for faster typing |
| Home page | introductory screen on a website |
| Highlight or select | to choose part of a document by clicking and dragging over it |
| hardware | stuff you can touch and plug in |
| hacker | an unauthorized person who secretly gains access to computer file |
| Graphic | Images/pictures created,edited,and/or published using a computer |
| Graph | A picture shows the relationship of one or more sets of numbers to each other. |
| GIF | A file format for pictures, photographs, and drawngs that are compressed so that they can be sent across telophone lines quickly. |
| Free ware | Software written and then donated to the public |
| Format | To set the margines,tabs,font or line spacing in layout of a document. |
| Font | The shape and style of text |
| Firewall | Technolodgy that prevents users from looking at innapropriate sites and from people hacking |
| File | A set of related records in a database |
| Field | A place in a database record where a category of information |