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vocab
Question | Answer |
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Worm: | a file that has a virus |
www world wide web: | What you use to fide out information or to have fun |
Wysiwig: | this is an acronym for what you see it what you get. |
Text: | words on page |
Thesaurus: | a feature in most word processers |
User name: | first part of an email address |
Value: | the term for a number on a spreadsheet |
Vandalism: | the act of destroying computer files |
Virus: | a program to destroy computer files |
User name: | First part of an email address |
Telecommunication: | The act of sending and receiving information, such as data, text, pictures, voice, and video |
Table: | Columns and rows |
Storyboard: | A graphic organizer used for planning |
Stand Alone Computer: | A computer that does not rely upon any other computer or server to work |
word processing: | using keyboarding skils for documents |
Word wrap: | This occurs when you get to the end of a line and continue typing |
spreadsheet: | This occurs when you get to the end of a line and continue typing |
sort: | arranging information in a specific order |
app: | a program that allows you to accomplish certain tasks |
shareware | software that can be tried before purchase |
server | a special computer to store programs and files for other computer to use |
highlight | to choose text by clicking and draging over it |
security | to protect files and networks |
search stratergies | 1)try to remmeber URL. 2)use subject directories 3) use keywords |
search engines | software that gathers information |
search | to look for specific information |
save as | to keep a document with a new name |
save | to store information on a hard drive |
row | the horizontal row in a spreadsheet |
retrieve | open saved document |
record | a collection of related feild and entries |
public domain | software written and then donated to the public |
probeware | computer-assisted data collection tools |
printer | a hardware device used to make a paper copy of a document |
to put what is on a computer screen to paper | |
portriat | the default page setup that prints the document vertically |
pie graaph | circle divideed into pieces that looks like portion of a pie |
pictogram | pictures used to create a bar graph chart |
paste | to insert the last information that was cut or copied into the doucument. |
password | security code |
page set up | the term in refreence to the way a document is formatted to print |
or | formal name given to advanced search strategies using and, or and not connetors |
online safety | precaution that is takein to protect your personal information |
online resources | internet information available to computer users |
numeric keypad | the portion of a keyboard, set up like an adding machine |
non-linear | not moving in a stright line or path |
network | a system of connected computers |
multimedia | to combine things to make a movie using media |
mouse | the point and click tool |
monitor | the screen |
searching | symbols used for advanced searching |
math symbols used when searching | symbols that are used for advanced searching |
links | connectors that take you one place to another |
linear | moving in a straight line or path |
line spacing | the span between lines of text |
line graph | a tool used to display trends and compare data |
landscape | a page setup that is printed in a horizontal position |
label | the term given to the words entered on a spreadsheet |
keyword | a term used to search the internet |
keybaord | hardware you type on |
jpeg | a way to shrink a picture so that it can send faster. |
internet | world wide web |
indenting | to move the first line of the paragraph in |
illistration | clip art, graphic or drawing |
hyperlink | special text that takes you one place to another |
host | directly to internet |
home row | placement of the fingers |
home page | introductory screen |
highlight | to chose text by clicking and draging over it |
hardware | the stuff that u can touch that connects to the computer from the outside |
freeware | software written then donated to the public |
format | to set the margin, tabs, and font |
font | the shape and size of text |
firewall | technology that protects the computer from viruses |
file | related records in the database |