Tech Terms
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| Benchmark | a translation of a standard into what the student should know and be able to do at developmentally appropriate levels (i.e., grades K-2, 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12)
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| Chevron | Double arrows at end of tool bar that allow you to show buttons on two rows
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| Configure | to set the details or structure of a system (e.g., operating system)
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| Content Standard | a description of what students should know and be able to do within a particular discipline or content domain
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| Curriculum Framework | serves as a bridge between standards and the classroom and provides curriculum content, organization, and presentation
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| Curriculum Standard | activities used in classroom instruction to teach the benchmarked standard
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| Digital | Your CD player is digital. It is a series of small samples of data playing together very quickly (30,000 times a second). Digital recording of information means representing the bits of data through ones and zeros.
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| Domain | A group of computers whose hostnames share a common suffix, the "domain name". The last component of this is the top-level domain.
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| Drill down | Moving from a general level to a detailed level
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| Environmental Probe | computer peripheral that senses environmental data and communicates reading directly into the computer for recording and storage (e.g., pH sensor, humidity sensor)
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| Ethernet | a system for connecting a number of computer systems to form a LAN, with protocols to control the passing of information and to avoid simultaneous transmission by two or more systems
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| Footer | Information that appears at the foot of every page—usually the name, page number and document title
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| GIF | An image format, an acronym for Graphical Interchange Format
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| Graphic Applications Software | one of a number of types of computer software that enables the user to create or manipulate illustrations, graphs, drafting products, and a variety of other images
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| Graphics | the digital version of an image, a photograph, or a picture displayed on a monitor screen
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| Graphing Calculator | a hand-held calculator that, in addition to performing calculations and functional operations, can graph functions and relations
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| FAQ | An acronym for Frequently Asked Questions
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| .com | A website extension that identifies the site as a commercial site
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| .edu | A website extension that identifies the site as an educational institution, usually a college or university
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| .org | A website extension that identifies the site as a non-profit, non-governmental organization
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| Backup | To save a second copy of data files, in case the first one doesn’t work
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| Buffer | The buffer is a section of the computer where data is stored before being used. This buffering allows time for an application to fix differences in bit rates among other things. It creates a space of time for compensation.
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| C++ | A popular programming language
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| Cache | A memory section of the hard drive that holds information while the CPU is working on it
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| Cc | Carbon copy or Confidential Copy—send a copy of an email to another person
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| CD-ROM (Compact Disc-Read-Only Memory) | a storage media that is able to store up to 660MB of information (e.g., text, graphics, audio, and full-motion video)
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| Dialog Box | A box that contains a message, often requesting more information or allowing you to select among options
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| Gigabyte | (GB) It's about a billion bytes. Actually it's 2 to the 30th power or 1,073,741,824.
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