Tech Terms
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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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| Backup | To save a second copy of data files, in case the first one doesn't work.
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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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| 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 Standard activities used in classroom instruction to teach the benchmarked standard | Activities used in classroom instruction to teach the benchmarked standard
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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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| Dingbats | Picture fonts
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| Drill Down | Moving from a general level to a detailed level
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| Export | To save data or pictures in a form other programs can read
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| FAQ | An acronym for Frequently Asked Questions
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| Favorites | Where often-used websites are saved on an internet browser
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| Firewall | A part of a computer system or network that is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication.
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| Flash drive | Memory stick-portable place to save files
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| Floppy Drive | A location on the computer that holds a removable disk
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| Folder A icon on the desktop that can hold multiple programs | An icon on the desktop that can hold multiple programs
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| Font | A set of letters, numbers that are of a given look and appearance
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| GIF | An image format, an acronym for Graphical Interchange Format
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| Graphic Organizing Software | Visual representation of the material a student is learning (e.g charts)
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| Hits | The number of matches made by a search engine like Google in a search
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| Hour glass | The picture showing that the computer in "thinking" before it performs your command
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| Hover | To "float" the cursor over a command until some information shows
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| Indent | To use the tab key to start writing or typing a short distance in from the margin
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| Intranet | A local or restricted communications network, especially a private network created using World Wide Web software
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| Java | A program that recreates information so it can be read by most computers
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| Jump drive | Memory stick - portable place to save files
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| Macro | A series of actions that occur following one key stroke
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| Master slave | The relationship between a dominant drive and the secondary one
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| Netiquette | Proper manners on the internet
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| Overwrite | Destroy (data) or the data in (a file) by entering new data in its place
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| Router | A device that forwards data packets to the appropriate parts of a computer network.
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| Transition | The way one slide goes into another
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