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IT Literacy

Subjects : it-skills, literacy
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1. Software that serves as tools for doing system maintenance and some repairs that are not automatically handled by the operating system;






2. The quantity of information that can be transmitted through a communication medium in a given amount of time. (more bandwidth = faster transmission)






3. A 65 -000-character set for making letters - digits - and special characters fit into the computer's binary circuitry






4. Software programs that can ask questions - respond to commands - pay attention to users' work patters - serve as a guide and a coach - take on owner's goals - and use reasoning to fabricate their own goals.






5. Local Area Network; Multiple personal computers connected on a network






6. Billions of clock cycles per second - a measurement of a computer's clock speed






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






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






9. Small files deposited on a user's hard disk by Web sites - enabling sites to remember what they know about their visitors between sessions.






10. Terabyte; Approximately 1 million megabytes






11. 1) outline your ideas; 2) remember your audience; 3) use large fonts; 4) be 'stingy' with words (bullets - summarize); 5) use a consistent design; 6) be smart with art (use appropriate graphics)






12. Part of the Internet - a collection of multimedia documents created by organizations and users worldwide. Documents are linked in a hypertext Web site that allows users to explore them with simpler mouse clicks.






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






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






15. Alignment of text on a line: left justification (smooth left margin - ragged right margin) - right justification (smooth right - ragged left)






16. Vertical






17. Technology in which information is delivered automatically to a client computer. The user subscribes to a service - and the server delivers that information periodically and unobtrusively. Contrast with pull technology.






18. 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






19. Uninterruptable Power Supply; A hardware device that protects computers from data loss during power failures






20. Synonym finder






21. A reading tool that uses light to read universal product codes - inventory codes - and other codes created out of patterns of variable-width bars






22. To copy software from an online source to a local computer






23. Device for accepting input (e.g. a keyboard)






24. Megabyte; Approximately 1000K or 1 million bytes






25. Feature in spreadsheet software that allows speculation by providing instant answers to hypothetical questions

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






27. Someone who uses computer skills to gain unauthorized access to computer systems.






28. Software or hardware that guards against unauthorized access to an internal network






29. 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.






30. The identification of spoken words and sentences by a computer - making it possible for voice input to be converted into text files






31. ~Advantages 1)Share data - increase productivity 2)Share hardware - reduce costs 3)Allow people to work together/communicate ~Disadvantages 1)Easier spread of viruses 2)Privacy issues - especially access levels not set 3)Integrity of data - when shar






32. Programs that use computer hosts to reproduce themselves. Worm programs travel independently over computer networks - seeking out uninfected workstations to occupy. A form of software sabotage






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






34. The relatively easy use of a single color (or sometimes two) to add interest to a desktop-publishing product.






35. The storage of pictures as collections of lines - shapes and other objects.






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






37. A text file that includes codes that describe the format - layout - and logical structure of a hypermedia document. Most Web pages are created with this code.






38. Fonts like those in the courier family that mimic typewriters; characters - no matter how narrow or wide - hold the same amount of space






39. A standard interface that allows electronic instruments and computers to communicate with each other and work together.






40. 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






41. A self-contained intra-organizational network that is designed using the same technology as the Internet. (within organization)






42. Video reduced to a series of numbers (0 and 1) - which can be edited - stored - and played back without loss of quality.






43. Measurements of individual body characteristics - such as voiceprint or fingerprint; sometimes used in computer security






44. In desktop publishing - the pages that control the general layout of the document (such as the page borders - numbers - or header).






45. Grouping of 8 bits






46. Using some combination of text - graphics - animation - video - music - voice and sound effects to communicate.






47. Optical Mark Reader; A reading device that uses reflected light to determine the location of pencil marks on standardized test answer sheets and similar forms






48. Horizontal






49. Network created in 1969 from a government grant during the Cold War that is the foundation of today's Internet. ('Advanced Research Project Agency NETwork')






50. Software that facilitates the arrangement of information into hierarchies or levels of ideas







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