AMS Tech Terms Practice
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| WWW | world wide web or Internet
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| The “i” in Apple products | Internet capable
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| DVD | Digital Versatile Disc or a high-capacity optical disc that looks like a CD,
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| PC | personal computer
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| Part of computer that allows you to type in info | keyboard
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| Allows you to open and close windows and move the cursor | mouse
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| The part that allows you to view what you are doing. | monitor
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| The part that allows you to get a hard copy of what is on the monitor. | printer
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| This part works with the computer, takes a picture, and then allows you to download it to your computer. | webcam or digital camera like Photobooth
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| A small picture that may open a program or start a command. | icon
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| The choice of print you choose to do your word processing in is called the… | font
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| If you add clip-art to your word processing document, it is called a … | graphic
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| When the word processor automatically takes the text to a new line it is called… | wrapping text or word wrap
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| What simple 3-word procedure to you use if you want to duplicate something? | highlight, copy, paste
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| .edu | education domain
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| .com | commercial organization (business) domain
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| .net | network domain
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| .org | organization domain (nonprofit)
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| .mil | military domain
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| .gov | government domain
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| .int | international domain (like Unitied Nations)
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| .biz | commericial business
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| When 2 or more computers communicate with one another, you have a … | network
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| What two kinds of disks hold computer data and programs? | CDs and DVDs
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| A disk that holds more info than a CD is… | DVD
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| The term that refers to checking out websites on the Internet is called… | surfing or browsing
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| What information must you never give out, unless you have your parent or guardian’s permission? | personal information like address, telephones, birthdate, personal photo, credit card nummbers
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| What two keys do you use to toggle between programs? (on a Mac) | command – Tab
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| Domain | the address identifying a specific site on the Internet
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| Html | hyper text markup language (code…with all the odd letters and symbols)
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| RAM | eandom access memory
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| ROM | read only memory
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| SPAM | sending particularly annoying messages (or mail)
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| Snail mail | the ol’ post office way of sending mail
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| URL | uniform resource locator (the web address in the browser, for example)
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| HTTP | hyper text transfer protocol (what you see on the URL)
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| electronic mail
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| Jpeg | joint photographic experts group
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| png | portable network graphic
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| PSD | photoshop document
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| TIFF | tagged Information File Format
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| Command-s | save
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| Command-c | copy
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| Command-x | cut
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| Command-v | paste
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| Command-tab | shows open programs
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| Command-q | quit programs
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| Netiquette | proper online conduct
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| Hyperlink | text or image that links to something else
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| Attribution | to give credit to someone
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| Web 2.0 | the Read/Write Web
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| Bookmark or Favorite | a way to mark your favorite web sites
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| Browser | a program used to access the Internet (like Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer)
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| Search Engine | a program used to access certain info (like Google or Yahoo)
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| Hard Drive | the part of the computer that stores all the information and software
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| Byte | a set of 8 bits that represent a single character in the computer's memory
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| Kilobyte | 1,000 bytes or 1024 bytes
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| Megabyte | 1,000,00 bytes or one million bytes
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| Gigabyte | 1,000 megabytes or one billion bytes
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| Basic | a computer programming language
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| Java | a popular computer programming language
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| Multimedia | the integration of multiple forms of media. This includes text, graphics, audio, video, etc.
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| Command-Space Bar | Opens the Spotlight Menu
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| Esc | Clears the Spotlight search field
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| Esc-Esc | Quits i the Spotlight Menu
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| Command-option- esc | Force program to close
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| WWW | world wide web or Internet
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| The “i” in Apple products | Internet capable
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| DVD | Digital Versatile Disc or a high-capacity optical disc that looks like a CD,
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| PC | personal computer
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| Part of computer that allows you to type in info | keyboard
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| Allows you to open and close windows and move the cursor | mouse
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| The part that allows you to view what you are doing. | monitor
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| The part that allows you to get a hard copy of what is on the monitor. | printer
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| This part works with the computer, takes a picture, and then allows you to download it to your computer. | webcam or digital camera like Photobooth
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| A small picture that may open a program or start a command. | icon
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| The choice of print you choose to do your word processing in is called the… | font
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| If you add clip-art to your word processing document, it is called a … | graphic
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| When the word processor automatically takes the text to a new line it is called… | wrapping text or word wrap
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| What simple 3-word procedure to you use if you want to duplicate something? | highlight, copy, paste
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| .edu | education domain
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| .com | commercial organization (business) domain
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| .net | network domain
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| .org | organization domain (nonprofit)
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| .mil | military domain
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| .gov | government domain
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| .int | international domain (like Unitied Nations)
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| .biz | commericial business
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| When 2 or more computers communicate with one another, you have a … | network
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| What two kinds of disks hold computer data and programs? | CDs and DVDs
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| A disk that holds more info than a CD is… | DVD
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| The term that refers to checking out websites on the Internet is called… | surfing or browsing
🗑
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| What information must you never give out, unless you have your parent or guardian’s permission? | personal information like address, telephones, birthdate, personal photo, credit card nummbers
🗑
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| What two keys do you use to toggle between programs? (on a Mac) | command – Tab
🗑
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| Domain | the address identifying a specific site on the Internet
🗑
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| Html | hyper text markup language (code…with all the odd letters and symbols)
🗑
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| RAM | eandom access memory
🗑
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| ROM | read only memory
🗑
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| SPAM | sending particularly annoying messages (or mail)
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| Snail mail | the ol’ post office way of sending mail
🗑
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| URL | uniform resource locator (the web address in the browser, for example)
🗑
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| HTTP | hyper text transfer protocol (what you see on the URL)
🗑
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| electronic mail
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| Jpeg | joint photographic experts group
🗑
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| png | portable network graphic
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| PSD | photoshop document
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| TIFF | tagged Information File Format
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| Command-s | save
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| Command-c | copy
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| Command-x | cut
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| Command-v | paste
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| Command-tab | shows open programs
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| Command-q | quit programs
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| Netiquette | proper online conduct
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| Hyperlink | text or image that links to something else
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| Attribution | to give credit to someone
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| Web 2.0 | the Read/Write Web
🗑
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| Bookmark or Favorite | a way to mark your favorite web sites
🗑
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| Browser | a program used to access the Internet (like Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer)
🗑
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| Search Engine | a program used to access certain info (like Google or Yahoo)
🗑
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| Hard Drive | the part of the computer that stores all the information and software
🗑
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| Byte | a set of 8 bits that represent a single character in the computer's memory
🗑
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| Kilobyte | 1,000 bytes or 1024 bytes
🗑
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| Megabyte | 1,000,00 bytes or one million bytes
🗑
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| Gigabyte | 1,000 megabytes or one billion bytes
🗑
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| Basic | a computer programming language
🗑
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| Java | a popular computer programming language
🗑
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| Multimedia | the integration of multiple forms of media. This includes text, graphics, audio, video, etc.
🗑
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| Command-Space Bar | Opens the Spotlight Menu
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| Esc | Clears the Spotlight search field
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| Esc-Esc | Quits i the Spotlight Menu
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| Command-option- esc | Force program to close
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