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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. 1) Saves printing costs after initial software purchase. 2) Saves time traveling back to commercial printer b/c you can use a personal printer. 3) Reduces # of publication errors. 4) Allows more people to publish.






2. The coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. (ex: fax machine which combines scanning/printing)






3. Documentation and help available through a software company's Web site






4. 1) vulnerable to network glitches and machine failures; 2) vulnerable to security breech; 3) filters out human component of communication (ex: eye contact; voice)






5. Anything that can be communicated






6. The spacing between letter pairs in a document.






7. Loading the non-ROM part of the operating system into memory






8. A desktop-published document that uses a wide range of color; contrast with spot color.






9. Software used as an introductory - teaching or transitional tool for user tasks






10. Binary digit; The smallest unit of information. A bit can have two values: 0 or 1






11. A program that performs useful tasks while at the same time carrying out a secret destructive act. A form of software sabotage/






12. Ongoing public discussions on a particular subject consisting of notes written to a central Internet site and redistributed through a worldwide newsgroup called Usenet. You can check into and out of them whenever you want; all messages are posted on






13. Software which must be purchased through commercial channels and is copyrighted; Cannot be legally duplicated for others






14. A continuous wave






15. 1)No common words 2)Change frequently 3)Use #s and letters 4)Keep it a secret






16. 1) ability to create models with physical characteristics (weight and volume); 2) model can be rotated; 3) can evaluate structural performance by applying an imaginary force; 4) designs can be easily altered and edited






17. An interactive cross-reference system that allows textual information to be linked in nonsequential ways. A hypertext document contains links that lead quickly to other parts of the document or to related documents.






18. To post software= or documents to an online source for availability to others






19. Text-editing feature of a word-processing program which automatically moves any words that won't fit on the current line to the next line - along with the cursor






20. Read-Only Memory; Memory that include permanent information only. The computer can only read information from in; it can never write any new information on it






21. Protects transmitted information by scrambling the transmissions; When a user encrypts a message by applying a secret numerical code (encryption key) - the message can be read only after it's been reconstructed with a matching key






22. A class of Internet addresses indicated by a suffix such as: .com - .gov - .net






23. Created: 1) URL; 2) HTML; 3) HTTP://; 4) first 'browser'






24. An online meeting between 2 or more people; done in 'real time' (ex: IM [instant messaging])






25. Intuitive: 1)throw away 2)trash bin; open file ~ folders 3)Consistent: integrated software 4)Forgiving: undo - cancel 5)Protective: double-click on closing 6)Flexible: copy/paste - shortcuts 7)Speech Recognition Software






26. The use of computer displays that add virtual information to a person's sensory perceptions - supplementing rather than replacing (as in virtual reality) the world the user sees.






27. Wide Area Network ; A network that extends over a long distance. Each network site is a node on the network






28. A handheld device that displays digital representations of the contents of books.






29. The field of computer science devoted to making computers perceive - reason and act in ways that have - until now - been reserved for human beings.






30. Most common security tools used to restrict access to computer systems.






31. Software that is free to try with a send-payment-to-keep honor system






32. Software help agent that walks the user through a complex process






33. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;






34. 1) data stays consistent over distances; 2) more data can be transmitted; 3) can communicate with other devices






35. Step-by-step procedure for calculating a number






36. Optical Character Recognition; Locating and identifying printed characters embedded in an image - allowing the text to be stored as an editable document. Can be performed by wand readers - pen scanners - and OCR software






37. Copy files between storage devices; Repair damaged data files; Guard against viruses; Compress files to take up less disk space; example: defragmenting






38. American Standard Code for Information Interchange; A code that represents characters as 8-bit codes. Allows the binary computer to work with letters - digits and special characters






39. An agreement allowing the use of a software program on a single machine






40. A database that contains both facts - and a system of rules for determining and changing the relationship among those facts.






41. Vertical






42. The science of designing work environments that enable people and things to interact efficiently and safely






43. A special type of communications software designed to access and display information at Internet Web sites.






44. User Name; A one-word name that you type to identify yourself when connecting






45. Communicates with peripherals; Coordinates the concurrent processing of tasks; Manages memory; Keeps track of location of all programs/files of hard drive






46. Technology that creates the illusion that the user is immersed in a world that exists only inside the computer; this environment contains both scenes and the controls to change those scenes.






47. Stores a picture as a collection of lines and shapes. Also stores shapes as shape formulas and text as text.






48. Intersection of row and column






49. Device for sending information from the computer (e.g. monitor or printer)






50. In desktop publishing - software used to combine various source documents into coherent - visually appealing publication (e.g. Adobe InDesign).







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