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Explorer   A program in Windows that displays all files, folders and programs available on a computer  
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Fill   Background color of a picture, text box or diagram  
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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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GIF   An image format, an acronym for Graphical Interchange Format  
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Export   To save data or pictures in a form other programs can read  
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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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Chevron   Double arrows at end of tool bar that allow you to show buttons on two rows  
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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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Drop down Menu   A menu that has multiple commands that show when you select it  
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.org   A website extension that identifies the site as a non-profit, non-governmental organization  
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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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C++   A popular programming language  
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Byte   A unit of space. It is also used to represent a series of seven or eight ASCII code digits representing a character.  
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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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Cc   Carbon copy or Confidential Copy—send a copy of an email to another person  
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Configure   To set the details or structure of a system (e.g., operating system)  
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Curriculum Standard   Activities used in classroom instruction to teach the benchmarked standard  
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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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Database   One or more large structured sets of persistent data, usually associated with software to update and query the data.  
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Desktop Publishing   The use of a computer to produce documents for publication  
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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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Drop down arrow   The black arrow next to a tool that provides selections within a tool  
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Drill down   Moving from a general level to a detailed level  
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Environmental Probe   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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Extension   The three-letter extension that tells a user that a document was saved in Word  
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Floppy Drive   A location on the computer that holds a removable disk  
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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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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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Graphic organizing software   Graphic organizing software - Visual representation of the material a student is learning (e.g charts  
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