Term | Definition |
Home Row Keys | ASDFJKJL; |
Word Art | Insert Ribbons, Text Grouping |
Saving documents | go to the file ribbon and use “Save As” when saving for the first time |
Copy/Paste | highlight text, right click, move the insertion point, right click and paste. CNTRL+C, CNTRL+V |
Fonts | Home Ribbon, Font Grouping |
Page layout | Orientation-portrait/landscape. Portrait is vertical, landscape horizontal |
Spell checker | Review Ribbon, Proofing Grouping |
Thesaurus | Review Ribbon, Proofing Grouping |
Grammar Check | Review Ribbon, Proofing Grouping |
Undo/redo buttons | located on the quick access toolbar, and its used undo or redo the most recent activities in your document |
Insertion Point | the point where the next character typed from the keyboard will appear on the screen. Usually represented by a flashing line. |
Alignment | Home Ribbon, Paragraph Grouping |
Short cut keys | CTRL+HOME-takes you to the top of the document. |
Clip Art | Insert Ribbon, illustrations Grouping. Pictures or graphics. |
Templates | preset documents formatted in a specific style. Found on the File Ribbon |
New slides | Home Ribbon, Slides Grouping |
Slide Transitions | Transition Ribbon |
Custom Animations | Transaction Ribbon |
Inserting pictures | Insert Ribbon, Images Grouping |
Inserting Sound | Insert Ribbon, Media Grouping |
CPU | Central Processing Unit. Brains of the computer |
Motherboard | main circuit board in a computer that connects all other |
Power supply | supplies electricity to the computer |
Video Card | circuit that controls the display screen |
Expansion slots | a place in a computer where an expansion card can be insertion |
Expansion slots | a place in a computer where an expansion card can be inserted |
RAM/ROM | Random Access Memory: temporarily stored in your computer and will not stay on your computer is turned off. Read Only Memory: permanent memory that will stay on your computer when turned off. |
Input Devices | Keyboard, mouse, microphone, scanner |
Output Device | Printer, headphones, speaker, monitor |
Tim Berners Lee | creator of the internet |
Internet addresses | need the // for the address to work |
HTTP | Hypertext Transfer Protocol |
ENIAC | Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, Created during WW 2, used to help create the Hydrogen Bomb, 100 feet long and 10 feet tall, used transistor tubes to operate |
URL | uniform resource locater |
ISP | internet Service Provider |
.com | commercial |
.org | nonprofit organization |
.gov | government |
.edu | education site |
Homepage | first page on a website |
URL | Uniform resource Locater |
ISP | Internet Service Provider, need this to connect to the internet |
Bookmarks | marks and saves your favorite websites |
History | previous websites you have recently visited |
Search engine types | “Spider” search engine: crawls through the internet searching sites (software program), “human powered” search engine: uses people to search through the internet and organize your search results. |
Performing internet searches | Create a list of questions or topics,
Select key words,
Begin the search |