Term | Definition |
Application | Term used to refer to the specific uses of a computer and the jobs it can perform. |
Backup | A second copy of computer data made to avoid date loss in the even of a computer outage. |
Byte | A unit that measures data. |
Case Management/Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) | The electronic filing system used in the federal court system. |
Central Processing Unit (CPU) | The part of a computer system where all computations, sorting, selecting, and data manipulation take place; oversees the use of the main memory and monitors input and output operations |
Database | A group of data fields and records that is collected, stored, and organized for later retrieval through sorting, searches, and queries. |
Database management system | Software that is used to collect, store, and organize data into a database. |
Data Source | A name given to the connection set up to a database from a server. |
Document Management System | A computerized mechanism for naming, storing, and labeling documents for ease and accuracy of later retrieval. |
Electronic filing (E-Filing) | Is a system used by courts, government agencies, attorneys, and the public to reduce paperwork and electronically file documents over the internet using a standard web browser. |
Email | The system of delivering and receiving messages electronically. |
Field | |
Fonts | The style or design of a collection of letters, numerals, symbols, and punctuation marks. |
Footers | Used in pleadings to place the title and page number of the pleading on each page, in wills and other estate planning documents. |
Graphical user interface | A system using icons and pictures to displays menus and choices on a computer. |
Hardware | The physical elements of a computer, such as a keyboard, monitor, printer, case or chassis, modem, scanner and joy stick. |
Headers | Headers place text and graphics at the top of each page, and footers place text and graphics at the bottom of each page. |
Input device | Keyboard, mouse, optical character reader, imaging scanner, and voice recognition system. |
Justification | Refers to the four types of text alignment |
Links | Web addresses that contain an activated linkage to another location or website on the Internet. |
Local Area Network (LAN) | The linking of computers within close proximity. |
Macro(s) | A single instruction that expands automatically into a set of instructions to perform a particular task. |
Mainframe computers | Large, very expensive, high speed machines that require trained operators and special temperature environments, used for scientific and engineering computations. |
Malware | A general term referring to problems that can be transmitted from computer to computer. |
Metadata | A set of data that describes and gives information about other data. |
Microcomputers | Small-sized computers often called personal or desktop computers. |
Minicomputers | Mid-sized, powerful computers often used as network servers. |
Open Codes | Codes that are invoked once to create a change in line, spacing, margins, tab settings, font changes, justification, and page numbering. |
Operating system | Software that controls the flow of information to and from the central processing unit and to and from the input/output devices. |
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) | A scanner that converts an image into a character based text file. |
Output device | Computer peripherals such as monitors and printers. |
Paired Codes | Codes that are turn on and off to invoke changes such as underlining, bold face, italics, and styles and affect only the text appearing between the paired codes. |
Peripherals | Devices that are connected to a computer, such as terminals, tape drives, disk drives, modems, and printers. |
Portable Computers | Notebooks, laptops, handheld, tablet, and even smart phones qualify as portable computers. |
Record | A history of something. |
Redline (Blacklines) | |
Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) | An injury caused by physical strain due to repetitive movement; carpal tunnel is a common RSI |
Software | All programs needed to instruct, control, and operate the hardware of a computer system such as flowcharts, manuals, programs, routines, training and the like. |
Styles | |
Track Pad | A device found on many laptops that allows fingertip control of cursor movement. |
Trackball | A device with a ball on top that is rolled with the fingertips to move the cursor, while the base of the device remains stationary. |
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | The address at which and Internet site can be located. |
USB Drives | Memory Sticks, Flash Drives, Thumb Drives. They contain memory when plugged into a computer like a hard drive. |
Virus | Computer code that can be copied into an existing computer program and make itself known by impeding correct function of the program. |
Web Browser | A program that allows a computer user to explore the Internet. |
Web Cam | A small inexpensive device that functions like a camera, with its images being sent over the Internet. |
Web Page or Website | A page found on an Internet Site. |
Wide Area Network | The linking of computers that are located far apart. |
Zip Drive | A portable computer drive, now nearly obsolete due to the common usage of recordable CDs and DVDs. |