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TERM TABLE
Your term table is one of the pages in your Web Portfolio. You are responsible for
finding ALL the definitions for the following terms on your own. Put this on Google Docs
and use the research tools to help you. Do not copy and paste anything from the
internet.
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Loo# o$er past notes% &ui''es and assignments. Please write the definitions in your own
words.
!()* D(+II!I, - In Your ,wn Words...
/. 0omputer An electronic de$ice that stores and processes data.
1. Des#top !he primary interface of a computer that is displayed once
the computer start2up process is complete.
3. Icon Icons represent an ob4ect or a program showed on the
computer screen.
5. 6hortcut A file that lin#s you to another file.
7. !as#bar A hori'ontal bar found at the bottom of the screen that shows
and includes the time% open tabs on the internet and the start
menu.
8. Hardware Hardware refers to ob4ects that you can touch that either
connects% goes into the computer or is a part of the computer
such as dis#s% dis# dri$es% displays screens% #eyboards%
printers% boards% and chips.
9. 6oftware 6oftware is a computer program that runs instructions.
:. 0P; 0P; a#a central processing unit is the brains of the
computer.
<. *odem A modem is a de$ice=program that enables a computer to
send data o$er li#e a telephone line.
/>.Peripheral Any e?ternal de$ice that pro$ides input and output for the
computer.
//.Input De$ice A de$ice used to enter information into the computer. (?
#eyboard% mouse.
/1.,utput De$ice A de$ice used to transfer information out of the computer. (?
printers% spea#ers% headphones.
/3.@yte : bits of data.
/5.)A* )andom Access *emory also #nown as )A* is the most
common type of memory found in many computers and other
de$ices li#e printers.
/7.),* *emory or data that cannot be edited and is readable
memory only.
/8.Word Processor A program that allows you to store% edit% print and manipulate
te?t typed from a #eyboard.
/9.+ormatting Arranging data in a certain format.
/:.!itle bar A hori'ontal bar at the top of a window telling you the name
of the program.
/<.*enu @ar A hori'ontal bar below the title bar with drop2down menus.
1>.+ont !he si'e and style of a certain image or te?t.
1/.Portrait
,rientation
Aertical2format page that is taller than it is wide.
11.Landscape
,rientation
Hori'ontal2format page that is wider than it is taller.
13.*argins !he strips of white space around the edge of the paper.
15.@ullets 6mall graphical element used to itemi'e a list of information.
17.0olumns Aertical group of data in a table.
18.Bustify Bustify means to line up your te?t so that e$erything is
arranged e$enly and neatly.
19.Alignment !o arrange data in a straight line or correct the relati$e
positions of the data.
1:.Des#top
Publishing
When documents and images are printed from a computer.
1<.Graphics Image or $isual representation of an ob4ect.
3>.Design
(lements
!ool used in a program to create $isual graphics.
3/.!e?t @o? A rectangular shaped area on the screen where te?t is
entered.
31.!e?t Art Words that are fancier and more artistic than regular words.
33.6preadsheet (lectronic document where data is arranged in the rows and
columns of a grid and can be used in calculations.
35.0ell !he intersection of a row and a column.
37.)ow Hori'ontal group of data in a table.
38.0olumn Aertical group of data in a table.
39.0ell Address Identifies the location of a cell or a group of cells.
3:.)ange !he difference between two numbers.
3<.Label !he name of a column.
5>.Aalue A numerical number.
5/.+ormula An e&uation or e?pression in a spreadsheet that defines how
one cell relates to other cells.
51.(lectronic
Presentation
Pictures and te?t put onto slides electronically to create a
presentation.
53.!ransition !he changing between one slide and another.
55.Internet Web
@rowser
Programs that lets you access the internet.
57.Hyperlin# A lin# from a hyperte?t file or document that leads you to
another location or file.
58.World Wide
Web
Information system on the web.
59.6earch (ngine A program that allows you to search up information on the
web.
5:.(2*ail *essages sent electronically from one computer to another.
5<.eti&uette @eing polite when online.
7>.(thics *oral $alue of what right or wrong is.
7/.Piracy When you download illegal information% programs% games%
ect from the internet for your own use.
71.0opyright !he legal right gi$en to an originator to print% publish% etc.
73.Patent A go$ernment authority or licence conferring a right to an
in$entor% gi$en the right to sell% use or manufacture for certain
number of years.
75.Airus Is a small piece of software that rides on real programs and
attaches itself to them.
77.(2Waste Any discard electronic or electrical de$ices or their partsC also
called electronic waste.