STEM Terms from Unit 2: Technology Literacy
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| Applications | Computer programs with a user interface
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| Boolean Search Logic | Combining words and phrases using the words AND, OR, NOT and NEAR (otherwise known as Boolean operators) to limit, widen, or define your Internet search
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| Browser | A program that accesses and displays files and other data available on the Internet and other networks
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| Communication | The imparting or exchanging of information or news
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| CPU | (Central Processing Unit) The key component of a computer system, which contains the circuitry necessary to interpret and execute program instructions
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| Digital Camera | Camera that records and stores digital images
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| Digital Video Camera | A video camera is a camera used for electronic motion picture acquisition, initially developed by the television industry but now common in other applications as well
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| Download | To copy data from one computer system to another or to a disk
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| To communicate electronically on the computer
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| Hardware | The machines, wiring, and other physical components of a computer or other electronic system
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| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language, a standardized system for tagging text files to achieve font, color, graphic, and hyperlink effects on World Wide Web pages
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| Hyperlink | A link from a hypertext file or document to another location or file, typically activated by clicking on a highlighted word or image on the screen
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| Internet | An international computer network providing e-mail and information from computers in educational institutions, government agencies, and industry, accessible to the general public via modem links
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| Science | The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
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| Software | The programs and other operating information used by a computer
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| Surf | To browse the Internet; look around casually and randomly, without seeking anything in particular
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| Technology | The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes
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| URL | Uniform Resource Locator; a location or address identifying where documents can be found on the Internet; a Web address
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| Virus | A piece of code that is capable of copying itself and typically has a detrimental effect, such as corrupting the system or destroying data
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| WWW | World Wide Web; a system of interlinked hypertext documents contained on the Internet
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