COMPUTER VOCABULARY

Can you match the definitions and the words?

a) A program or tool such as Internet Explorer or Mozilla that enables you to browse or surf the World Wide Web and view
internet sites.

b) Electronic mail : messages sent from one computer to another over the Internet.

c) The physical equipment or touchable parts of a computer system, the CPU

(central processing unit), the monitor, the keyboard, the mouse, the external speakers, the scanner, the printer, etc.

d) A piece of hardware, or peripheral device, used to scan a document and create a digital copy.

e) Unwanted, irrelevant or inappropriate e-mail messages, especially commercial advertising. Also referred to as "junk e-
mail".

f) World Wide Web: A hypertext information system consisting of a network of web pages which runs on the Internet and
can be accessed with a browser.

g) To transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller
computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device.

h) Where icons are displayed

i) A collection of related data or program records

j) Set of keys used to operate a computer

k) Portable computer

l) Small device used to place the cursor

m) Location on the Internet where information can be supplied and obtained

n) To insert (copied text, images, etc.) into a file

o) To store data

p) Where information is shown

q) Programs run on a computer

r) To write on a keyboard

s) A holder of documents, files and applications

t) Software which can damage or destroy computer contents

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v)

1. BROWSER 11. PASTE

2. DESKTOP 12. SAVE
3. DOWNLOAD 13. SCANNER
4. E-MAIL 14. SCREEN
5. FILE 15. SOFTWARE
6. FOLDER 16. SPAM
7. HARDWARE 17. TYPE
8. KEYBOARD 18. VIRUS
9. LAPTOP 19. WEBSITE
10. MOUSE 20. WWW