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hsrt terms

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Active cell   The thick-bordered cell where you can enter numbers or formulas in a spreadsheet  
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Alignment   How your text conforms to the left and right margins of a page. The text can be right-aligned, centered, left-aligned, or fully aligned/justified.  
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AND   A way to search for information using the words AND, OR and NOT. Boolean logic was created by English mathematician George Boole 150 years ago.  
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Animated clip art   A moving clip art graphic.  
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Anti-virus   An application designed to search for viruses repair files on a computer.  
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Application   Program or software.  
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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.  
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Arrow keys   The keys on a computer keyboard used to move the cursor up, down, left, or right on your screen.  
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Ascending Order   Organizing or sorting information in order from smallest to largest, or a-z or 1-9.  
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AUP-Acceptable Use Policy   A set of rules and guidelines that are set up to regulate internet use and to protect the user.  
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Axis   A feature of a chart, on which you can plot number. The horizontal line is called the X-axis, and the vertical line is called the Y-axis.  
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Bar graph   One type of graph developed from spreadsheet data that uses parallel bars to compare data and changes in data over time.  
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Bold   A style of text that makes a letter or word darker and thicker to stand in a document.  
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Button   A little box on your screen that you click on with your mouse to accomplish a task. Most buttons contain small pictures (icons) that display what they do, such as a small printer that can be clicked on to print a document.  
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Button bar   A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a window. It provides shortcuts for commonly used commands. Some programs let you choose to hide or display the button bar, and mix and match buttons to customize a button bar. Also known as a toolbar.  
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Buttons, multimedia   A "hotspot" used in multimedia applications to navigate from one place to another or to activate elements (e.g., sound, movies, animation).  
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Calculate   The working of mathematical equations. Formulas that are usually used in spreadsheets allow the computer to automatically perform calculations.  
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Cell   The space at the intersection of a row and column in a spreadsheet.  
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Chart   A way to present information from a spreadsheet in the form of graphs or tables.  
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Circle graph   A picture showing the relationship of two or more sets of data using a circler  
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Clip art   Drawings you can add to your documents or presentations. Clip art includes items such as cartoons, maps, symbols, and flags. Some software packages include clip art. Clip art can be purchased separately  
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Column   The vertical divisions in a spreadsheet that are named with an alphabetical letter.  
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Copy   To make an exact copy of information in your document, so you can place in order to duplicate it in a new location.  
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CPU(Central Processing Unit)   The main chip that allows computers to do millions of calculations per second and makes it possible for users to write letters and balance your checkbook  
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Credits   To give reference to the creator and source of the information used in a presentation  
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Cursor   This is where the action is located on your screen, represented by a flashing line. When you type on your keyboard, the information appears at the cursor  
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Database   Software application that helps manage large collections of information. A simple database might be a single file containing many records, with the same set of fields. Data can be sorted and searched by one or more criteria.  
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Delete   A key used to erase characters.  
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Descending order   Organizing or sorting information in order from largest to smallest, Z-A or 9-1.  
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Desktop   The background on the windows, menus, and dialog boxes on a PC. It is supposed to represent a desk.  
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Domain   The part of an Internet address that identifies where a person's account is located. For example, in the address support@studyisland.com the domain is everything after the @  
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Email   Sending and receiving messages through a computer network. This process requires a computer, modem or network connection, and an email address. It is convenient because all messages are sent and received immediately over short or long distances.  
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Edit   To make changes in a document or presentation.  
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Enter/Return   The key used to begin a new line in a word processor, or to enter information into a spreadsheet. It is the same as clicking OK in a dialog box.  
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Entry bar   The field where information is entered in a spreadsheet  
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Feild   A place in a database record where a category of information can be entered or located.  
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Firewall   Technology that prevents users from visiting inappropriate Web sites, and protects the network from unauthorized users.  
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Font   The shape and style of text  
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Format   To set the margins, tabs, font or line spacing in layout of a document.  
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Freeware   Software written and then donated to the public, so anyone is free to copy it and share it with their friends. This is not the same as shareware or commercial software, which is supposed to be paid for.  
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GIF (Graphic Interchange Format)   Format widely used on electronic bulletin boards and the Internet and are limited to 256 colors, so they cannot be used for high-end desktop publishing.  
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Graph   A picture shows the relationship of one or more sets of numbers to each other. Some graph types are line, bar, area, and pie graphs.  
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Graphic   Images/pictures created, edited, and/or published using a computer  
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Hacker   An unauthorized person who secretly gains access to computer files.  
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Hardware   Part of the computer system such as a keyboard, screen, mouse, joystick, printer, speakers, etc  
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Highlight or Select   To choose part of a document by clicking and dragging over it with the mouse to highlight the text.  
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Home page   An introductory screen on a Web page on the World Wide Web, used to welcome visitors. A home page can include special text or graphics on which you click to jump to related information on other pages on the Web.  
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Home row   Keys on the keyboard with fingers of the left hand are on A-S-D-F and fingers on the right hand on J-K-L-;  
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Host   The name given to a computer directly connected to the Internet. Host computers are associated with computer networks, online services, or bulletin board systems.  
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Hyperlink or Hypertext   Special text when clicked jumps the user from one related topic to another  
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Illustration   Clip art, graphics or drawings on a computer  
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Indent   To set the first line of a paragraph in from the margin in a word processing document  
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Internet   Term given to the network of computers that provide information worldwide.  
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JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group)   These graphics can be reduced to 5 percent of their original size, but the image quality deteriorates. However, compressing graphics to 30 or 40 percent of their original size results in minimal loss of quality. Takes up less space.  
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Keyboard   The hardware device used to enter letters into the computer  
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Keyword   A word or reference point used to describe content on a Web page that search engines use to properly index the page.  
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Label   The term given to the words entered on a spreadsheet usually naming a column  
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Landscape   The page setup that permits a document to be printed in a horizontal position.  
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