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Computer Literacy
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1. Receptacle for unwanted items
Grammar Checker
Recycle bin
Tasks
Prompt
2. Styles of text already in MS
Built-in Styles
Output
index.html
Wizard
3. 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)
Scanner
Workbook
Cell address/cell reference
Look-up menu
4. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'
Toolbar
Highlighting Tool
Bulleted list
Worksheet
5. 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.
Recycle bin
Task panes
Alignment
Outline View
6. Where you get something
Default # worksheets
Application software
Receive
Option
7. A key that - when pressed in conjunction with another key - creates a special effect.
Ready
Publish
Option
Pointer
8. A term used to describe the process of searching for - locating and returning data.
Multiple
Grammar Checker
Highlighting Tool
Retrieve
9. More than one or something that can be multiplied
Dial-up
Multiple
Date/Time control
Apple/Mac
10. A term used to describe a software program or section of a program that is running in a multitasking environment.
Abacus
Modem
Tasks
Task-switching
11. Location of stored activities or events occurring to a computer or network
Menu - drop-down
Journal
Smart Tag
Alignment
12. 3
Web page
Record
Copyright
Default # worksheets
13. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers
Placeholder
Page Setup dialog box
Trashcan
Create
14. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock
Publish
Date/Time control
Row
Tasks
15. A command that puts a file away but keeps the program you're in open so that you can continue to work.
Animate
Upload
CLOSE
On/Off
16. A general term used to describe what you see on your screen when you're using a computer. This may include video effects - tables - letters - or numbers.
Tasks
Display/Monitor
Setup dialog box
Formatting toolbar
17. Computer software that performs a task or set of tasks - such as word processing or drawing. Applications are also referred to as programs.
Application software
Monitor
Insert/Type over
Outbox
18. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes
Print dialog box
Hard drive
Flyers
Analog
19. Alternatively referred to as state - status is a term used to describe the current situation or mode the device or user currently is in.
Trashcan
Status bar
Tables
Soft copy
20. Term used to describe a menu that is contained within another menu
User name
Junk
Sub-menu
spacing
21. A software program or program feature sometimes found in a program such as a word processor that can be used to help check text for any improper grammar.
Text box
Print
Outline View
Grammar Checker
22. A built-in formula that you can use in spread sheet application to calculate an average - a square root - a total - and so on.
SUM
Close box
Auto-number
Function
23. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.
Retrieve
Spreadsheet
Toolbar
Frame
24. Devices used to store massive amounts of information so that it can be readily retrieved. Devices include RAIDs - CD-ROMs - DVDs
Forward
MS-DOS
Storage
Worksheet
25. A visual representation of months and dates for a given year
Promote
Tables
Ergonomics
Calendar
26. A field or section of a page that enables a user to enter text
Column
Num lock
Text box
DSL
27. An image usually displayed at the top of a page in a Web site - containing text and design elements (often to identify the site).
Scanner
Banners
Default
Contacts
28. Paper cards that have hand punched holes that contains data
Grammar Checker
Bulleted list
Timing
Punched cards
29. Everything to the left except the date - closing - signature - typed name and senders address are to the middle semi-colon
Modified Block Letter Format
Modem
Internet
Relationships
30. 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.
Print dialog box
Formula bar
Hard drive
Analog
31. Light or led that indicates the status of a hardware device
EXIT
Indicators
Workbook
Windows
32. A row in a table
Outlook
Joystick
Record
Margins
33. Term used to describe the process of switching back and forth between settings or between programs
Menu
Toggles
Notepad
Close box
34. Allows user to draw or paint & bit mapped images
Print
Program
Thesaurus
Paint
35. A character that is not a number or a letter
Send
Application software
MS Windows Tour
Symbol
36. Turns computer on and off
GUI
On/Off
MS-DOS
Send
37. Recording how long something takes
Slide show
Timing
Close box
Print dialog box
38. Term used in Microsoft Excel to describe a spreadsheet file
Send
Calculate
Workbook
Apple/Mac
39. A design that defines the overall look of characters
Option
Notepad
Typeface & Font
Ad-ware
40. A function similar to the save function that allows a user to specify the name and location of where he or she wishes to save the file before saving it.
Save As
Title bar
Menu
Worksheet tab
41. A context-related list of options that users can choose from.
Menu
Letters
Jump/Flash drive
Outline View
42. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.
Setup dialog box
Hard copy
Outbox
HTTP
43. 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
GUI
Field
UNIVAC
Num lock
44. 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.
User name
Size & Style
Typeface & Font
Operating system
45. A set of instructions that you enter in a cell to perform numeric calculations (adding - multiplying - averaging - etc.); for example - +A1+B1. (in spreadsheet applications)
Graphics
Formula
Input
Journal
46. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.
Alignment
Deleted items
Title bar
UNIVAC
47. Horizontal lines within a chart that make the chart easier to read.
Placeholder
WYSIWYG
Gridlines
CTRL+ALT+DEL
48. 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
Word wrap
Accessories programs
Operating system
URL
49. A device - such as a keyboard - stylus and tablet - mouse - puck - or microphone - that allows input of information (letters - numbers - sound - video) to a computer.
Print dialog box
Hard copy
Drag & Drop
Input device
50. A group of application programs - usually on one disk - designed to share data.
Scanner
Integrated circuits
Reports
Desktop
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