IBA Vocabulary terms
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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| Action Center | An area in a window that displays important messages about critical security and maintenance components on a computer, such as firewall, antivirus protection, and spyware protection.
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| Address Bar | An area in a window that contains the path to the current folder
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| Close button | The window button that closes the open window or application.
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| Computer folder | In windows provides access to hard drives, removable drives and media, CD and DVD drives, network locations, and other removable media such as flash storage, cameras, and scanners.
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| Control panel | The command center for configuring windows settings
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| Desktop | The main screen and workspace that opens when Windows is started
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| Explore window | Vista windows that explore a computer and navigate to items.
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| Favorites | Are in the navigation pane that contains links to folders for commonly used items, including the desktop, downloads, and recently opened files and folders.
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| Jump list | A list of recently used files that appears on the start menu when you right click an icon.
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| Libraries | Virtual folders that contain links to files and folders throughout your computer.
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| Notification area | Program icons on the task bar that provide status and notifications about programs and features, such as speaker volume or new mail.
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| Operating system | Software such as Windows 7 or Windows Vista or Mac OS X that controls the operations of your computer.
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| Pin | To attach a program icon directly to the Start menu or task bar for easy access.
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| Pointer | The tip of a pointing device as it appears on the screen
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| Pointing device | A device that allows users to navigate and interact with a computer.
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| Recycle bin | Wastebasket icon on the Windows desktop where items are deleted and from which they can be restored before the recycle bin is emptied.
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| Start button | Centralized starting point that brings up menus and other options
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| Task bar | The area at the bottom of the Windows screen that contains the Start button as well as program or window buttons for open program.
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| Window | A work area in Windows containing a user interface
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| Window Aero | Windows Vista graphic interface that includes transparency for windows and dialog boxes.
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Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
To hide a column, click on the column name.
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.
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