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HSRT Vocab.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| WYSIWYG | Wizzy Wig- What you see is what you get. |
| Worm | computer virus |
| Word Wrap | that automatically goes to the next line. |
| Word Processing | Keyboard skills that makes documents. |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator- website |
| Text | Words on a page |
| Thesaurus | Helps replace a word with a different word |
| User name | First part of an email address |
| Value | # in a spreadsheet (Excel) |
| Vandalism | Destruction of computer files or network |
| Virus | Designed to damage computer files. |
| Stand Alone Computer | computer that doesn’t rely on another computer or server to work. |
| Storyboard | graphic organizer used to plan and develop data. |
| Table | columns and rows that organizes data |
| Telecommunication | sending and receiving data |
| Software/Applications | Program that allows you to do certian tasks |
| Sort | Arranging information in a specific order |
| Search Strategies- | 1. try to remember URL 2. Use Subject Directory 3. use specific words |
| Security- | protection of computer stuff :') |
| Select or Highlight | Choosing text by clicking over it |
| Server | Special computer used to store and send to other computers one or more at a time. (games) |
| Shareware | Software that can be tried before you purchase. |
| Search Engine | software that looks for information |
| Search | To look for specific iformation on the Internet or computer |
| Save As | To save a document with a new name. |
| Save | Storing information for later use. You should save often! |
| Row | horizontal divisions in a spreadsheet named with a number. |
| Retrieve | Open a saved document. |
| Paste | Inserting the last information that was cut or copied to a document. |
| Pictogram | Pictures used to create a bar graph chart. |
| Pie Graph | Circle graph divided into pieces that look like portions of a pie |
| Portriat | The default page setup that prints the document vertically |
| Putting what is on the computer screen onto paper. | |
| Printer | A hardware device used to make a paper copy of what is created on the computer |
| Password | security code |
| Page Set Up | The way a document is formatted to print |
| OR | Boolean Searching uses specific words to aquire results |
| Online Safety | Ways to protect personal information with otheres. |
| Online Resources | Internet information available to a computer user. |
| Numeric Keypad | The right-hand side that has all the numbers (sometimes) |
| Non-linear | Can be out of order, not a straight path |
| Network | a system of connected computers |
| Multimedia | combination of text, images, sound, etc. |
| Mouse | Tool how you move the cursor and pointer around the screen |
| Monitor | Device with a screen used to show computer images. |
| Math Symbols to Use When Searching | > Greater than symbol < Less than symbol = Equal to ≠ Not equal ≥ Greater than or equal to ≤ Less than or Equal to |
| Links | Connection that bridge one image, page, or word to another by clicking on a highlited word |
| 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. |
| Keyboard | Hardware device used to enter letters into the computer |
| Keyword | A reference used to describe specific content. |
| Label | The term given to the words entered on a spreadsheet usually naming a column |
| Landscape | Horizontal layout. Span across |
| Line Graph | A graph used to display trends and compare data |
| Line spacing | The span between lines of text |
| JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group) | A picture that has been shrunk. (space wise.) |
| Internet | World Wide Web. WWW. |
| Indent | Tab key. Move in the first part of a paragraph |
| Illustration | Clip Art, graphics or drawings on a computer. |
| Hyperlink or Hypertext | Special text when clicked jumps the user from one page to another. |
| Host | The computer that is directly connected to the internent |
| Home Row | Middle placement of keys. A S D F-J K L ; |
| Home page | Introductory screen on the web |
| Hardware | The stuff you can touch or plug in |
| Hacker | Unothorized person who secretly gains access to computer files |
| Graphic | Images/pictures created, edited, and/or published using a computer |
| Graph | Shows relations of numbers to each other. types-line, bar, area, and pie |
| GIF (Graphic Interchange Format) | (jiff) a way to compress your pictures to make it easier to send. |
| Freeware | applications written and donated to the public. |
| Format | To set the margins, tabs, fonts or line spacing in layout of a document |
| Font | The shape and style of text |
| Firewall | protects the network from unauthorized useres. |
| File | A set of related records in a database |
| Field | The place to record a catagory of information |
| Entry Bar | The field where information is entered in a spreadsheet |
| Enter/Return | Key used to begin a new line on Word. also a key to click o k |
| Edit | To make changes in a document or presentation |
| Sending and recieving messages through a computer network. | |
| Domain | name or suffix. |
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