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TERM TABLE
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the definitions for the following terms on your own.
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TERM
1. Computer
2. Desktop
3. Icon
4. Shortcut
5. Taskbar
6.
7.
8.
9.

Wallpaper
Hardware
Software
CPU

10. Modem
11. Peripheral
12. Input Device
13. Output Device
14. CD-RW
15. DVD-R
16. Byte
17. RAM
18. ROM
19. Word Processor

DEFINITION In Your Own Words!!!

A machine that stores and processes data according to
preset instructions.
The surface of the desk you work on. A desktop computer
is a computer that is suitable for use at an ordinary desk.
Image that represents an application.
An icon pointing to a program or data file. Clicking the
icon is like clicking the original file.
A row of buttons on a computer screen that show open
programs
A picture that represents the desktop screen.
Physical components of a computer
Various kinds of programs used to operate the computer.
Central Processing Unit, computer brain that does
processing and is responsible for executing a stored
instructions called a program
Modem stands for modulator. It converts digital signals
into analog signals (and vice versa) which can be passed
over a telephone or cable line.
Any device that connects to and works with the computer
in some way.
A piece of computer hardware used to provide data.
Computer presents data after processing
CD-Rewritable disk, which lets a user write
on it multiple times.
DVD-Recordable, used to store data once, then store it
permanently
Base unit for measuring the amount of data. 8 bits in a
byte.
Random Access Memory- operating system,
application programs, and data in current use are kept
Read Only Memory- holds the instructions that the
computer needs to operate
A program or computer that enables you to use a
computer to create and edit documents.

20. Formatting
21. Title bar
22. Menu Bar
23. Font
24. Portrait Orientation
25. Landscape Orientation
26. Margins
27. Indent

28. Bullets
29. Columns

30. Justify
31. Alignment
32. Desktop Publishing
33. Graphics
34. Design Elements
35. Text Box
36. Text Art
37. Spreadsheet
38. Worksheet
39. Cell
40. Row
41. Column
42. Cell Address
43. Range
44. Label
45. Value
46. Formula
47. Electronic Presentation
48. Slide

The organization, plan, or style of a document

Bar at the top of the window that displays the document
name
A horizontal menu that appears on the top of a window.
The size, weight and style of the text in a document.
The orientation of a page in which the longer
side runs from top to bottom
The orientation of a page in which the longer
side runs from left to right.
In word processing, the strips of white space around
the edge of the paper.
In word processing, 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.
A bullet is a symbol appearing at the beginning of an item
on a list, found in the paragraph tab.
On a display screen in character mode, a column
is a vertical line of characters extending from the top to
the bottom of the screen.
To align text along the left and right margins.
The arrangement of text or graphics relative to a margin.
Publishing software that creates professional publications.
The use of images for design or demonstrative purposes.
Usage of colours, text, font, graphics and other elements
that enhance your documents design.
A frame you can use to write text. The frame is rectangular
by default, but you can change it using autoshapes.
The use of elements such as WordArt and SmartArt to add
color, outlines and shadows to regular text in order to
make it appealing.
A document where data is arranged in rows and columns in
to a grid and can be used for calculations.
A single spreadsheet with cells organized in rows and
columns
A cell is the intersection of a row and a column.
Horizontal divisions of a worksheet that are identified by
numbers.
Vertical divisions in spreadsheet identified by letters.
A selected cell, also known as cell pointer, that is identified
by column letter and row number(A1)
Block of cells that can be formatted as a group.
A text entry into a cell
The resulting number shown on the screen after a cell
performs a formula.
A mathematical relationship, determined using symbols or
operators (+-/*)
A presentation that contains word, text , images, etc. On a
technological device, most commonly a computer, to
support what you say in your presentation
A single page in a PowerPoint presentation, usually

49. Transition

50. Animation Scheme

51. Internet Web Browser
52. Hyperlink
53. World Wide Web
54. Search Engine
55. E-Mail
56. Netiquette
57. Emoticon
58. Domain Name
59. Web Surfing
60. Ethics
61. Utilitarian View
62. Deontology View
63. Piracy
64. Copyright
65. Patent
66. Spam
67. Virus
68. Phishing
69. Pharming
70. Ergonomics
71. RSI

introducing a new idea or point. All slides contain text and

elements of art (usually)
Effects like animations that occur when you transition, or
move from one slide to another. You can customize the
transition, the speed, duration and many other things to
your preference.
An element of design that lets you animate text
(paragraphs), pictures and other things within a slide to add
visual appeal.
A software program that retrieves, presents and traverses
information on the Worldwide Web
A link activated when you click on a highlighted word (or
image) on a screen.
An information space where documents or other resources
are identified by URLs and accessed via the internet.
A program that searches for key words typed by a user and
identifies databases that correspond best from the World
Wide Web
electronic mail used by sending messages from one
computer to one or more other computers via a network.
The acceptable way of communication in Internet
A representation of a expression such as happy by created
facial expressions using keyboard characters
of the network address, the part that identifies that it
belongs to a certain domain.
The action of using you mouse and keyboard to navigate
the WWW or Internet.
Moral principles that control a group of people or a person
s behaviour
An ethic system that states that the rightness or wrongness
of an action should be based on the consequences.
An ethic system that states that the rightness or wrongness
of an action should be based on a series of rules.
reproducing someone elses work without giving them
credit. This can occur with work, music and so on.
The exclusive right to an originator to publish or perform
and authorize others to do so as well
authority from the government giving permission to make
use of an invention for a set period of time
inappropriate messages sent electronically to a large
number of recipients
a piece of code that can copy itself and has a dangerous
effect
The use of fraudulent e-mail messages to gain a users
personal information.
A scamming method that installs viruses; misdirecting
users to fraudulent sites without their consent or
knowledge.
the study of efficiency in working environments and what
we can do to improve it
Repetitive Strain Injury; strain on a users hands, neck, back

72. MSI
73. CSR
74. E-Waste

and eyes due to repetitive activities on the

computer
A generation of integrated circuit chips which contain
hundreds of transistors
Customer Service representative; one who deals with a
clients request, which can regard a bill, charge or an
ordered merchandise
Electronic Waste- electronic appliances that are no longer
working or at the end of their lifespan which need to be
discarded for recycling.