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Computer Literacy
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1. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Organize
User name
Text box
Screen
2. Turns computer on and off
Outline View
OS
Clipart
On/Off
3. What You See Is What You Get. When using most word processors - page layout programs (See desktop publishing) - and web page design programs - words and images will be displayed on the monitor as they will look on the printed page or web page.
Merged
Surf
AutoCorrect
WYSIWYG
4. A letter - number or other symbol.
Attach
Align
Command
Character
5. A generic text editor included with Microsoft Windows that enables someone to open and read plaintext files
Form
Notepad
Look-up menu
Layout
6. A character that is not a number or a letter
Ad-ware
Inbox
Symbol
Retrieve
7. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive
Spell Checker
Letters
Digital
SAVE
8. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another
Computer output
Exported
SAVE
Accessories programs
9. The physical and mechanical components of a computer system - such as the electronic circuitry - chips - monitor - disks - disk drives - keyboard - modem - and printer.
Hardware
URL
Undo
Notes
10. Unique location identified by intersecting column and row coordinates. (spreadsheet application) -The address or name of a specific cell. Cell references may be used in formulas and are relative or absolute. (spreadsheet application)
Form
E-mail
Word wrap
Cell address/cell reference
11. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Change
Dial-up
Grammar Checker
Storage
12. When a machine - object etc. is capable of performing a task
Insert/Type over
Ready
Print dialog box
Store
13. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization
Output device
Insert/Type over
Num lock
Copyright
14. 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.
Forward
Sort
Blog
Slide show
15. To workout a mathematical equation
Calculate
User name
Secondary storage device
Input device
16. A feature that steps the user through the installation or setup of a software program or hardware device
Spam
Wizard
Modem
Promote
17. Creating a new document or folder
Trashcan
Personal Letter Format
Operating system
Create
18. A set of data-entry fields on a page processed on a server. The user submits the form by clicking on a button or image - and the form is sent by a form handler.
CPU
Form
Handouts
Toggle Switches
19. Pages that have instructions - questions - etc. that need to be numbered
Status bar
Page Numbering
Reports
Copyright
20. This is a secret code to protect your data and can keep others from accessing your computer.
Grammar Checker
Password
Multiple
WYSIWYG
21. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon
ISP
Column
Block Letter Format
Task panes
22. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Tasks
Brochures
Key tape
Line-spacing
23. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.
EXIT
Text box
Hyperlink
Refresh
24. When referring to multitasking operating systems - background is the place an active program is running but not seen on the computer
Active worksheet
Close box
Background
Transition
25. The change from one thing to another
Multiple
Transition
Apple/Mac
Cards
26. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.
Key tape
Punched cards
URL
Menu - drop-down
27. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser
Web page
E-mail
Letters
AVERAGE
28. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file
Formula
Tables
Workbook
Slide show
29. A character displayed on the screen to prompt the user to take some action. The most common prompt is the 'C prompt' in which the computer hard drive or 'C' requests directions on what the computer should perform next.
Prompt
Placeholder
Scanner
URL
30. A tab at the bottom left corner of a worksheet that has the worksheet name and other worksheets in the workbook
Auto-number
Worksheet tab
Scrolling
Inbox
31. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
Calculate
Smart Tag
Download
Indicators
32. The end of a line of text. You can force a line break by pressing 'Return' - or you can let the application break lines for you. This is a special character that forces a new line on a page without creating a new paragraph.
Tasks
Auto Text
Line-spacing
Paint
33. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
Active cell
Punched cards
Note Pad
Enter
34. This is a picture or an image.
Storage
Objects box/pane
GUI
Graphics
35. A term used to describe the process of organizing data in a particular order allowing for information to be found easier
Worksheet tab
Download
Sort
Insert & Delete
36. The actual web page on the domain
index.html
Smart Tag
Active cell
E-mail
37. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.
AutoContent
Spell Checker
Icon
Hardware
38. A box that helps you edit the parameters defined by the user that help determine how a printed page will appear.
Animate
Computer output
Function
Page Setup dialog box
39. 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.
Outline View
Calculate
Option
Field
40. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.
Function
Title bar
Modem
Modified Block Letter Format
41. A FTP command used to upload a file to a remote computer.
Notepad
Send
Modified Block Letter Format
index.html
42. The horizontal strip across the top of an application's window. Each word on the strip has a context sensitive drop-down menu containing features and actions that are available for the application in use.
Junk
index.html
Clipart
Menu toolbar
43. The type of money used in a certain place
Download
Currency
Objects box/pane
Highlighting Tool
44. The rectangular area - above the worksheet window - that displays a cell's contents - including numbers - text - and formulas - when you click a cell. You can use the formula bar to enter and edit data in the active cell.
Paint
Grammar Checker
Align
Formula bar
45. A tool used to make an indication that text or other object has been selected with the mouse or keyboard.
Smart Tag
Highlighting Tool
Attach
HTTP
46. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later
Letters
Scroll Bars
Store
Placeholder
47. An arrangement of information in rows and columns that makes comparing and contrasting easier
Receive
Tables
Merged
Analyze
48. Term used to describe the process of switching between tasks currently running on the computer without affecting any of the tasks.
Password
Page Setup dialog box
Task-switching
Currency
49. 1) text-based applications - a way of designing the number of characters that fit on the computer's display. A column is one character wide. 2) In spread sheet applications - a column is a vertical arrangement of cells.
Column
AutoCorrect
E-mail
Trashcan
50. Where you get something
Workbook
Hardware
Calculator
Receive
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