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HRST Voc.

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WYSIWYG:   An acronym for “What You See Is What You Get.” The text and graphics shown on your screen will match you printouts.  
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Worm:   A computer file designed to do damage to a network.  
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WWW (World Wide Web):   The section of the internet that allows access to text graphics and sound.  
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Word wrap:   This occurs when you get to the end of aline and continue typing the text then go to the next line.  
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Word processing:   Using keyboarding skills to producedocuments such as letters, reports, manuals, and newsletters.  
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Web address:   Uniform Resource Locator (URL).  
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Virus:   A computer program designed to damage computer files.  
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Vandalism:   The intention act of destroying computer files or computer networks.  
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Value:   The term for a number in a spreadsheet that can be added, subtracted, multiplied or divided.  
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User name:   First part of an email address. Example: support is the user name of the following email address. support@studyisland.com  
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URL Address- Uniform Resource Locator:   Web site address. Example: http://studyisland.com  
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Text:   Words on a page  
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Telecommunication:   The act of send and receiving information within a globe  
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Table:   Columns and rows of cells that can be filled with text that are used to organize information>  
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Storyboard:   A graphic organizer used for planning a developing a multimedia, such as a report/presentation.  
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Thesaurus:   A feature in most word processors used to replace a word in a document.  
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Stand Alone Computer:   A computer that does not rely upon any other computer or server to work  
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Spreadsheet:   An application that can be used to organize, analyise, and manage information (Excel).  
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Sort:   Arranging information in a specific order.  
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Software/Application:   Programs that allow you to accomplish certain tasks such as write letters, sort files, draw pictures, and play games.  
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Shareware:   Software that can be tried before you purchase.  
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Server:   A special computer used to store programs and files and then sends them out to other computers on by one or all at a time.  
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Select or Highlight:   To choose part of a document by clicking and dragging over it with the mouse to highlight the text.  
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Security:   Protection of computer, computer files or a computer network from use without permission of the owner or owners.  
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Search Strategies:   1 Try to remember URL. 2 Use subject directories. 3 Use key words in search engines.  
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Search Engines:   Software that searches, gathers and indentifies info based on key words.  
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Search:   To look for specific info.  
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Save As:   To save a document with a new name.  
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Save:   To storing information on a floppy disk, hard drive or CD for later use. Work should be saved often, every 5 or 10 minutes, to make sure your latest changes are safely recorded.  
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Row:   The horizontal divisions in a spreadsheet named with a number.  
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Retrieve:   Open a saved document.  
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Record:   A collection of related field and entries.  
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Public Domain:   Software written and then donated to the public. Anyone can use and copy public domain software free of charge, but it is not always the same quality as commercial software.  
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Probeware:   Computer-assisted data collection tools.  
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Printer:   A hardware device used to make a paper copy of what is created on the computer.  
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Print:   A hardware device used to make a paper copy of what is created on the computer.  
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Portrait:   The default page setup that prints the document vertically.  
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Pie graph:   Circle divided into pieces that look like a pie.  
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Pictogram:   Pictures used to create a bar graph chart.  
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Paste:   To insert information that was copied.  
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Password:   A code for the security protection.  
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Page Set Up:   The term reference to the way a document is fromated to print.  
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OR:   Advance search strategy using specific words.  
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Online Saftey:   Precautions taken to protect personal info.  
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Online Resources:   Internet information available to a computer user.  
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Numeric Keypad:   The portion of a keyboard, set up like an adding machine or calculator used to enter numbers and equations quickly into the computer.  
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Non-linear:   Not moving in a straight line or path; a multimedia presentation that transistions from one image to another in an order that is present, but not in a straight path.  
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Network:   A system of connected computers that allows the sharing of files and equipment. There are two types of networks: local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN).  
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Multimedia:   To use a combination of text, pictures, sounds, movies, and/ or animation in a presentation.  
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Mouse:   A tool used to move the cursor and pointer around the screen.  
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Monitor:   The device with a screen used to show computer images.  
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Searching:   Symbols used in advanced searching. < Less than = Equal to  
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Links:   Connections that bridge one image, page, or word to another.  
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Linear:   Moving in a straight line in order.  
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Line Spacing:   The span between lines of text.  
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Keyword:   A word or refernce point used to describe content on a Web page that search engines use to search for content.  
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Keyboard:   The hardware that you type on.  
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JPEG (Joint Photographic Experts Group:   A standard for shrinking graphics so that they can be sent faster between modems.  
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Internet:   Term given to the network of computers that provide information worldwide.  
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Indent:   To set the first line of a paragraph in.  
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Illustration:   Clip art, graphics on a computer.  
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Hyperlink or Hypertext:   Special text when clicked jumps the use from one place to another.  
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Label:   The name of a colum in a spread sheet.  
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Landscape:   The wide version of a page layout.  
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Line graph:   A tool used to display trends and compare data.  
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Host:   The name given to a computer directly connected to the internet.  
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Home row:   Keys on the keyboard with fingers of the left hand are on A-S-D-F and fingers on the right hand on J-K-L-;.  
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Home page:   An introductory screen on a Web page on the World Wide Web, used to welcome visitors.  
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Highlight or Select:   To choose part of a document by clicking and dragging over it with the mouse to highlight the text.  
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Hardware:   Part of the computer system such as a keyboard, screen, mouse, joystick, printer, speakers, etc.  
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Hacker:   An unauthorized person who secretly gains access to computer files.  
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Graphic:   Images/pictures created, edited, and/ or published using a computer.  
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Graph:   A picture shows the relationship of one or more sets of numbers to each other.  
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GIF (Graphic Interchange Format):   A file format for pictures, photographs, and drawings. These images are compressed and sent quicker.  
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Freeware:   Software written and then donated to the public that is open for any use.  
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Format:   To set the margins, tabs, font or line spacing in layout of a document.  
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Font:   The shape and style of text.  
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Firewall:   Technology that prevents users from visiting inappropriate Web sites, and protects the network form unauthorized users.  
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File:   A set of related records in a database.  
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