Question | Answer |
Active cell | outlined cell that is currently in use and that you can type in. |
Alignment | how your text is formatted to the right and/or left margins of the page. (can be right or left aligned or centered.) |
AND | a way to search for information using the words AND, OR and NOT |
Animated clip art | a moving clip art graphic |
Anti-virus | and application designed to search for viruses and repair files on a computer. |
Application | Program or software |
Application/software | Programs that allow you to accomplish certain tasks such as write letters, analyze numbers, sort files, manage finances, draw pictures, and play games. |
Arrow keys | the keys on computer keyboard used to move the cursor up, down, left, or right on your screen. |
ascending order | organizing or sorting inforamtion in order from the smallest to the largest, or A-Z or 1-9 |
AUP - Acceptable use policy | a set of rules or guidelines that are set up to regulate Internet use and to protect the user. |
Axis | A feature of a chart, that you can plot numbers or data on. horizontal- X axis and vertical- Y axis |
Bar graph | One type of graph developed from spreadasheet data that uses parallel bars to compare daqt adn changes in data over time |
Bold | A style of text that makes a letter or word darker and thicker to stand out in a document |
Button | A little box on your screen that you click on with your mouse to accomplsih a task. (icons display button's job) |
Button bar | A horizontal strip of buttons near the tope of a window that provides shortcuts fro commonly used commands. (can be hidden on some devices) |
Button multimedia | A "hotspot" used in multimedia apps to navigate from place to place and activate stuff |
calculate | the working of math equations, fromulas available in spreadsheets |
Cell | the space at the intersection of a row and column in a spreadsheet. |
Chart | A way to present information from a spreadsheet in the form of graphs or tables. |
Circle Graph | A picture in the shape of a circle showing the relationship of data. |
Clip Art | Drawings you can add to documents or presentations. |
Column | the vertical divisions of a spreadsheet (labeled with letters) |
Copy | to duplicate information or pictures to use i another place. |
CPU (central processing unit) | the main chip that allows computers to do millions of calculations per second and makes writing letters and balancing checkbooks possible |
Credits | to give reference to the creator in a document or presentation. |
Cursor | where the action in a presentation is located represented by a flashing line. |
Database | software app that helps manage large collections of info. simple- single file containing many records. |
Delete | a key used to erase characters. |
Descending Order | organizing or sorting info from largest to smallest or backwards. |
Desktop | the background on the windows, menus, and dialog boxes on a PC. represents a desk. |
Desktop publishing | using features of word processing/ DTP software to format and produce documents, letters, reports, etc. with graphics |
Domain | the part of the inernet address that IDs where the account is located. (everything after teh @ sign) |
Email | Sending and receiving messages through a computer network. (requires email address, computer, and network)sent and recieved in a matter of seconds no matter the distance |
Edit | to make changes in a document or presentation. |
Enter/return | the key used to begin a new line in a word processor, or to enter info in a spreadsheet. |
Entry bar | the field where information is entered in a spreadsheet. |
Field | a place in a database record where a category of info can be located. |
File | a set of related records in a database. |
Firewall | technology taht prevents users from visiting innapropriate sites and protects from unauthorized users. |
Font | the shape and style of text. |
Format | to set the margins, tabs, font or line spacing in the layout of a document. |
Freeware | software written and donated to the public, so anyone is free to copy it and share it. (not commercial) |
GIF (graphic interchange format) | a file format for pics, photos, and drawings compressed so they can be sent across telephone lines quickly. not used for high end desktop publishing. |
Graph | A picture that shows the relationship of sets of data |
Graphic | images/pictures created, edited, and/or published using a computer. |
Hacker | an unauthorized person who secretly gains access to computer files. |
Hardware | part of a computer system such as a keyboard, screen, mouse, joystick, printer, speakers, etc. |
Highlight or select | to choose part of a document by clicking and dragging over it with the mouse to highlight the text |
Home page | an intro screen on a web page used to welcome visitors. links to other parts of the website |
Home row | Keys on the keyboard with fingers of the left hand are A-S-D-F and fingers on the right on J-K-L-; |
Host | the name given to a computer directly connected to the interent. |
Hyperlink or Hypertext | Special text when clicked jumps the suer from one related topic to another. |
Illustration | clip art, grahpics, or drawing \s on a computer. |
Indent | to set the first line of a paragrap;hin from the margin in a word processing documetn. |
Internet | Term given to the network of computers that provide infromation worldwide. |
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. |
keyboard | the hardware device used to enter letter into the computer. |
Keyword | a word or reference point used to describe content on a Web page that search engines use to properly index the page. |
Label | the term given to the words entered on a spreadhseet usually naming a coulmn |
Landscape | the page setup that permits a document to be printed in a horizontal position. |