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Computer Literacy

Subjects : literacy, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A type of edging around a document






2. Alternatively referred to as dummy text - placeholder text is text that is only present in order to hold the place for something else






3. E-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to easily send and receive e-mail on their computer






4. To combine two or more files into a single file.






5. Microsoft WordPad is a free rich text editor included with Microsoft Windows 95 - 98 - ME - NT - 2000 - XP - Vista - 7 - and future releases of Microsoft Windows.






6. The worksheet currently being worked on or viewed






7. Software file that contains updated information and various fixes that resolves issues that have been located by the software developer to help prevent those errors from occurring in the future






8. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.






9. ...






10. Used to advertise different programs or hotels etc.






11. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.






12. 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.






13. A tool where the numbering happens automatically






14. Central Processing Unit. The brain of the computer.






15. The layout - coloring - font - etc. of a document






16. A difference in the text






17. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.






18. 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.






19. Documents used to remind the user of an event or occasion






20. Medium






21. A disk which is 5.25 inches in diameter - with a storage capacity of 143 K (the equivalent of about 70 pages of text).






22. 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.






23. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year






24. A set of programs that - among other things - controls the way information is loaded into memory - the way the computer works with that information - the way information is stored on a disk - and the way the computer communicates with a printer and o






25. Alternatively referred to as an account name - login ID - and user ID - a username or user name is a name given to a user on a computer or computer network.






26. A graphic representation of selected worksheet information. Types include 2-D and 3-D column - bar - pie - area and line charts.






27. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.






28. A similarity between different objects - documents - etc.






29. Sections of a document that are unused. White spaces help separate paragraphs of text - graphics and other portions of a document - and helps a document look less crowded.






30. Term used to describe the process of saving information to be used later






31. The process of moving data used in another program or earlier software version and moving it into another program or later version of the program.






32. Maximum






33. Alternatively referred to as a worksheet - a spreadsheet is a data file made up of rows and columns that are used to sort data and allow a user to manipulate and arrange data easily - commonly numerical data.






34. Term commonly associated with computer CRT monitors - refresh refers to the renewal of the screen contents.






35. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.






36. The process of writing data to a storage medium such as a floppy diskette or a hard disk drive






37. Storage medium that holds information until it is deleted or overwritten regardless if the computer has power






38. 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






39. The type of money used in a certain place






40. A tool box that allows you to change the font of text






41. World Wide Web - Group of internet servers linking computers around the world.






42. Alternatively referred to as the arithmetic mean - average is the sum of a series of numbers - divided by the total amount of numbers.






43. Handouts to promote companies - events - etc.






44. Hypertext Transfer Protocol. A common system used to request and send HTML documents on the World Wide Web. It is the first portion of all URL addresses on the World Wide Web (e.g. - http://www.whitehouse.gov).






45. Protection for any published work that helps to prevent that work from being used without prior authorization






46. Sets of typefaces (or characters) that come in different styles and sizes.






47. An operating environment created by MS provide an interface known as GUI for IBM compatible computers






48. The cell in which you are working - indicated by the current location of the cell pointer.






49. Exploring the Internet.






50. Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.







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