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TERM TABLE
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DEFINITION In Your Own Words!!!

1. Computer

Computer means a programmable machine.

Computer respond to a specific set of
instruction in a well-defined manner and
execute prerecorded instruction

2. Desktop

Such a desktop constist of pictures called

icons that show cabinets, files, floders , and
various types of document

3. Icon

A small picture that represents an object or

program

4. Shortcut

A special type of file in some operating

systems that point to another file or device

5. Taskbar

The taskbar is usually associated with the

Microsoft windows interface

6. Wallpaper

Wall paper is a background interface on

which all the icons and several files are
displayer

7. Hardware

Computer hardware refers to objects that

you can actually touch, like disks, disk drives,
display screens, keyboards, printers, boards,
and chips.

8. Software

Computer instructions or data. anything that

can be stored electronically is software

9. CPU

The amount of time the CPU is actually

executing instructions.

10.

Modem

Disk arrays from the backbone of modern

storage networking environments.

11.

Peripheral

Peripherals are computer devices such as a

CD-ROM drive or printer that is not part of

the essential computer.
12.

Input Device

Any machine that feeds data into a

computer.

13.

Output Device

Anything that comes out of a computer and it

can appear in a variety of forms

14.

CD-RW

A type of CD disk that enables you to write

onto it in multiple session

15.

DVD-R

A DVD-R can only record data once and then

the data becomes permanent on the disc

16.

Byte

Abbreviation for binary term, a unit of

storage capable of holding a single capable
of holding a single character.

17.

RAM

Refers to ram that has been configured to

simulate a disk drive

18.

ROM

Phillips and Microsoft that enables many

different types of data audio , video ,
compressed video, and graphics

19.

Word Processor

In word processing any group of characters

separated separated by spaces or
punctuation on both side

20.

Formatting

To prepare a storage medium usually a disk

for reading and writing

21.

Title bar

A bar on top of a window the tittle bar

contains the name of the file or application

22.

Menu Bar

A horizontal menu that appears on top of a

window

23.

Font

A design for a set of characters

24.
Portrait
Orientation

Object oriented is a popular buzzword that

can mean different things depending on how
it is being used

25.
Landscape
Orientation

A page with landscape orientation is wider

than it is tall.

26.

Margins

The strips of white space around the edge of

the paper

27.

Indent

The word indent is used to describe the

distance or number of blank spaces used to
separate a paragraph from the left or right
margins

28.

Bullets

A small graphical elements used to highlight

or itemize a list

29.

Columns

A columns is a vertical line of characters

extending form the top to the bottom of the
screen

30.

Justify

To align text along the left margin

31.

Alignment

In text the arrangement of text or graphics

relative to a margin

32.
Desktop
Publishing

Using a personal computer or workstation to

produce high-quality printed document

33.

Graphics

Refers to an image or any computer device

or program that make a computer capable of
displaying and manipulating pictures

34.

Design Elements

In HTML any elements that may not work in

future versions of internet browsers is
considered an obsolete elements

35.

Text Box

A video mode in which a display screen is

divided into rows and columns of boxes. Each
box can contain one character

36.

Text Art

Text processing refers to the ability to

manipulate words, lines, and pages.

37.

Spreadsheet

A table of value arranged in rows and

columns

38.

Worksheet

A cell is a box in which you can enter a

single piece of data

39.

Cell

A cell box in which you can enter a single

piece of data

40.

Row

Row are numbered horizontal groups of cells

41.

Column

A column is a vertical line of characters

extending from the top to the bottom of the
screen

42.

Cell Address

An address specified by indicating its

distance from another address

43.

Range

A range could be an entire row or column or

multiple rows or columns

44.

Label

For mass storage devices a label is the name

of a storage volume

45.

Value

In programming a special value that is used

to terminate a loop

46.

Formula

A formula is an expression that defines how

one cell relates to other cell

47.
Electronic
Presentation

A type of business software that enables

users to create highly stylized images for

slide shows and report

48.

Slide

A slide or slider phone is a mobile phone

from factors where the phone is designed like
a clamshell phone

49.

Transition

The joining of those clips is the transition

from one to the other.

50.
Animation
Scheme

A simulation of movement created by

displaying a series of pictures

51.
Internet Web
Browser

Web browser is a software application used

to locate retrieve and display content on the
world wide web including web pages images
and vedio

52.

Hyperlink

An element in an electronic document that

links to another place in the same document
or to an entirely different document

53.

World Wide Web

A system of internet servers that support

specially formatted document

54.

Search Engine

Search engines are programs that search

document for specified keywords and returns
a list of matching document

55.

E-Mail

Electronic mail is the transmission of

messages over communication networks

56.

Netiquette

The etiquette guidelines for posting message

to online services

57.

Emoticon

A smiley is often used in text communication

to convey an emotion with a message

58.

Domain Name

Domain names are used to identify one or

more IP addresses

59.

Web Surfing

A system of internet servers that support

specially formatted document

60.

Ethics

White hat SEO follows all search engine rules

and policies

61.

Utilitarian View

A single database can support numerous

different views

62.

Deontology View

A single database can support numerous

different views

63.

Piracy

The unauthorized copying of software

64.

Copyright

The legal right granted to an author ,

composer , playwright ..

65.

Patent

Patent pending means a united states and

trademark office statement indicating that a

patent has been applied for.

66.

Spam

Spam is electronic junk mail or junk

newsgroup posting

67.

Virus

A computer virus is a program or piece of

code that is loaded onto your computer
without your knowledge and run against your
wishes

68.

Phishing

An email that falsely claims to be a

legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam
the user into surrendering private
information to be used for identity theft

69.

Pharming

Similar in nature to email phishing

70.

Ergonomics

The science concerned with designing safe

and comfortable machines for humans

71.

RSI

A common form of repetitive strain injury

produced by repeating the same small
movement many times

72.

MSI

Another name for a chip an integrated circuit

is a small electronic device made out of a
semiconductor material

73.

CSR

As I mentioned earlier issuing a command to

generate a CSR or a self-signed certificate
will cause open SSL to ask a series of
questions about the information to be placed
in the certificate

74.

E-Waste

The term e-waste is applied to all waste

caused by discarding electronic devices
especially consumer electronics