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Computer Literacy
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1. The first calculation device
Abacus
.xls
DSL
Analog
2. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Typeface & Font
Number
Timing
Cards
3. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
WYSIWYG
Highlighting Tool
EXIT
Screensaver
4. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Worksheet tab
Banners
Handouts
Database
5. Side text that could be important later
Signature block
Notes
Frame
Web site
6. Microsoft software presentation program that allows a user to create a slide show of important notes that can be easily shown and moved through during a presentation
Active worksheet
Power Point
CLOSE
Ad-ware
7. A column in a table
SAVE
Field
Sent
CA TV
8. Medium
MEDIAN
Display/Monitor
Task-switching
Junk
9. The type and how big the text or object is
Smart Tag
Setup dialog box
Formatting toolbar
Size & Style
10. Universal Automatic Computer the UNIVAC is an electrical computer containing thousands of vacuum tubes that utilizes punch cards and switches for inputting data and punch cards for outputting and storing data.
UNIVAC
CLOSE
Trashcan
Font dialog box
11. A connection that is established using a modem
Dial-up
Clipart
Digital
Task panes
12. Any character that is not considered a number or symbol
Range
Key tape
Letters
Sub-menu
13. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
Punched cards
Tasks
Letters
SAVE
14. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Built-in Styles
Integrated circuits
Web page
Calculator
15. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.
Accessories programs
Caps lock
Print
Close box
16. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
AVERAGE
Animate
Word wrap
Spell Checker
17. Copy: A command that copies the selected information and places it on the clipboard.cut: To remove text or graphics from a document by using the Cut command. The most recent 'clipping' is stored on the Clipboard of the computer so that you can paste
Filter
Analog
MS Windows Tour
Cut - Copy & Paste
18. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.
Apple/Mac
Menu toolbar
Integrated circuits
Display/Monitor
19. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Page Setup dialog box
Calendar
Annotations
Spy-ware
20. This is all the instructions for the computer or a program designed to do different things. Examples are: Microsoft Word - Internet Explorer - and Windows.
Grammar Checker
MAX
Software
Look-up menu
21. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
Row
AutoContent
Notepad
Tasks
22. A row in a table
Record
Start-up button
Filter
WYSIWYG
23. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document
Clipart
Paint
Save As
Design
24. A weblog or blog - is a listing of text - images - or other objects that are arranged in a chronological order that first started appearing in 1998.
Blog
Graphics
Transition
Cell address/cell reference
25. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Page Setup dialog box
Screen
Animate
Image
26. This is the program you use to browse files. A web browser will browse internet files - like Firefox or Internet Explorer.
Secondary storage device
Browser
Active cell
Analog
27. The name you give your file or document before you save it on a disk. This name should help you identify and retrieve this file.
Compact Disk
Inbox
Menu
File name
28. This is the screen that appears if you are not browsing the Internet - reading a file - or playing a game. Your icons are on this screen.
Size & Style
Attach
Desktop
Clipart
29. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else
Web site
Range
Windows
Placeholder
30. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed
Word Art
Screensaver
.doc
Active worksheet
31. Where you advertise something
Abacus
Promote
User name
Outbox
32. Row of boxes - often at the top of an application window that control various functions of the software
AutoCorrect
Output device
Number
Toolbar
33. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.
Align
Forward
URL
Hard drive
34. A portable drive that connects to a USB cord
Abacus
Exported
Jump/Flash drive
Symbol
35. Allows you to collapse the documents to see only the main headings or to expand a document to see all the main headings and text.
Outbox
Hard drive
Outline View
MAX
36. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.
MS-DOS
Relationships
WWW
EXIT
37. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.
Font dialog box
AutoCorrect
CPU
On/Off
38. A generic text editor included with MS that enables someone to open and read plain text files
Note Pad
Edit
Insert/Type over
Copyright
39. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.
Windows
Flyers
Letters
Attach
40. A website - or web site - is a central location of various web pages that are all related and can be accessed by visiting the home page using a browser
Field
Web site
ISP
Setup dialog box
41. Microsoft Office feature found in Microsoft Office 2002 (XP) - Office 2003 - and later versions that enables users to have quick access to common features - information - and commands.
Memos
Output
Task panes
Integrated circuits
42. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.
Font dialog box
Download
Monitor
OPEN
43. Justify
Alignment
Undo
Look-up menu
Demote
44. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
CA TV
WYSIWYG
Setup dialog box
Active programs
45. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Title bar
Transition
Virus
Print
46. Viewing portion of a display
Notes
Screen
Layout
Template
47. Term used to describe the location or folder that e-mail is received on the computer or a computer program
Hard drive
Graphics
Inbox
E-mail
48. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Search & Replace
Page Numbering
Jump/Flash drive
Menu - drop-down
49. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.
HTML
Function
Ergonomics
.doc
50. The number keys on the right side of the keyboard that are laid out like the keys on an adding machine. In most cases - you can use these keys interchangeably with the number keys on the top row of the keyboard. Some programs use the numeric keypad a
Search & Replace
Num lock
Graphics
Input device
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