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Computer Literacy

Subjects : literacy, it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A letter - number or other symbol.






2. A picture or graphics file that can be inserted on a web page and displayed in a browser.






3. A location where deleted files are temporarily stored on Apple Macintosh computers






4. A software program or program feature designed to locate misspelled words and notify the user of those misspelled words.






5. A box that allows a change of the format of text that affects the complete paragraph or is different from other paragraphs in a document.






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






7. Bar located along the top of a window or a dialog box that displays the name of the window or software program being used.






8. Something that can be accessed






9. Term used to describe a menu that is contained within another menu






10. A design that defines the overall look of characters






11. A named sub-window of a frames page. This may be scrollable and resizable and may have a border or outline.






12. The process of a computer transferring data to a computer printer and generating a hard copy of the electronic data being printed.






13. 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).






14. Another name for the hard disc that stores information information in a computer.






15. A box that helps with the overall process of connecting and preparing a software program - hardware device or computer to function properly.






16. 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.






17. 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.






18. 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)






19. The process of transferring information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network). v. To transfer information from a computer to a web site (or other remote location on a network).






20. This is the process where you copy something from another computer or the Internet - and save it on your computer.






21. Allows equipment to handle information that continuously changes






22. Toolbar used to format documents






23. An early operating system developed by Microsoft Corporation (Microsoft Disc Operating System).






24. Peripheral that receives or displays output from a computer






25. A type of edging around a document






26. Adding text to a document






27. The location of a specific cell or range expressed by the coordinates of column and row; for example - A1. (spreadsheet application)






28. Process of taking data from one program or computer to another






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






30. Side text that could be important later






31. Information that comes from a computer after it has been processed






32. Graphical User Interface. A system that simplifies selecting computer commands by enabling the user to point to symbols or illustrations (called icons) on the computer screen with a mouse.






33. A discrete collection of information you create with a computer program - including memos - pictures - budgets - text - and so on.






34. Where you send something in the past tense






35. Styles of text already in MS






36. Document commonly written in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) that is accessible through the Internet or through another network using a browser






37. The default document name in Excel






38. A paragraph style that creates a single list element - usually indicated by a 'bullet' character. This is also known as an 'unordered list.'






39. A menu window that opens vertically on-screen to display context-related options. Also called pop-up menu or pull-down menu.






40. Enables computer hardware to communicate and operate with the computer software






41. 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.






42. Shows the date & time & lets you set the clock






43. When referring to a network - a gateway is an address used as an entry point into another network






44. Everything to the Left alignment - semi-colon






45. The screen that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.






46. Hardware peripheral that allows computer users to input audio into computers






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






48. The process of launching the web page into the public for use.






49. 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.






50. Viewing portion of a display







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