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TERM TABLE
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TERM

DEFINITION In Your Own Words!!!

1. Computer

A device for storing and getting

2. Desktop

The working surface of a desk

3. Icon

An image that represents an application

4. Shortcut

Is an icon that points to a program

5. Taskbar

Contains icons that help you run multiple

programs and quickly switch

6. Wallpaper

The background design of a screen

7. Hardware

Physical components of a computer

8. Software

The programs and the other operating

information used by computer

9. CPU

Its where the calculations take place

10.

Modem

device for modulation and demodulation

11.

Peripheral

Of, relating to, or situated on the edge or

periphery of something.

12.

Input Device

is a peripheral used to provide data and

control signals

13.

Output Device

any device used to send data from a

computer to another device or user.

14.

CD-RW

a blank compact disc that can be recorded,

erased, and rerecorded many times.

15.

DVD-R

A blank dvd which data can be recorded on

16.

Byte

a group of binary digits or bits operated on

as a unit

17.

RAM

is an acronym for random access memory

18.

ROM

Type of storage medium that permanently

stores data on personal computers (PCs) and
other electronic devices.

19.

Word Processor

a program or machine for storing

20.

Formatting

arrange or put into a format.

21.

Title bar

horizontal bar at the top of a window,

bearing the name of the program and
typically the name of the currently active
document.

22.

Menu Bar

A horizontal bar containing drop down menus

23.

Font

Font is a combination of size, and the shape

of the letters

24.
Portrait
Orientation

typical for letters, memos, and other text

documents

25.
Landscape
Orientation

refer to whether the document is oriented

vertically or horizontally.

26.

Margins

it is a strips of white space around the edge

paper

27.

Indent

Used to describe the distance used to

separate a paragraph from the left or right
margins

28.

Bullets

A small graphical element used to highlight a

list

29.

Columns

On a display in character mode, a column is

a vertical line of characters extending from
the top to the bottom of screen

30.

Justify

To align text along the left and right margins

in word processing

31.

Alignment

In text the arrangement of text or graphics

relative to a margin

32.
Desktop
Publishing

system enables reports, advertising matter,

company magazines, etc., to be produced
cheaply with a layout and print quality
similar to that of typeset books, for
xerographic or other reproduction.

33.

Graphics

pictures and movies created using computers

34.

Design Elements

Design elements are the basic units of a

painting, drawing, design or other visual
piece and include

35.

Text Box

a rectangular control in which the user types

36.

Text Art

describes a category of text-based

postmodernist art
37.

Spreadsheet

an electronic document in which data is

arranged in the rows and columns of a grid
and can be manipulated and used in
calculations.

38.

Worksheet

Sheet that contains cells organized by rows

and columns.

39.

Cell

A box which you can fit a single piece of data

40.

Row

A horizontal set of data or components.

41.

Column

vertical line of characters extending from the

top to the bottom of the screen.

42.

Cell Address

is the intersection between a row and a

column on a spreadsheet

43.

Range

The possible values that may be stored in a

variable.

44.

Label

All words describing numbers are labels

45.

Value

The content of a field or variable.

46.

Formula

An arithmetic expression that solves a

problem.

47.
Electronic
Presentation

Using image, voice, documents to present

48.

Slide

A collection of pages arranged in sequence

that contain text and images for presenting
to an audience.

49.

Transition

the process or a period of changing from one

state or condition to another.

50.
Animation
Scheme

keeps your project consistent in the look and

is quick

51.
Internet Web
Browser

application for retrieving, presenting, and

traversing information resources on the
World Wide Web.

52.

Hyperlink

link from a hypertext file or document to

another location or file, typically activated by
clicking on a highlighted word or image on
the screen.

53.

World Wide Web

information system on the Internet that

allows documents to be connected to other
documents by hypertext links

54.

Search Engine

program that searches for and identifies

items in a database that correspond to
keywords or characters specified by the user,

used especially for finding particular sites on

the World Wide Web.
55.

E-Mail

Allows you to send a message from one

computer to another

56.

Netiquette

the correct or acceptable way of

communicating on the Internet.

57.

Emoticon

representation of a facial expression such

58.

Domain Name

part of a network address that identifies it as

belonging to a particular domain.

59.

Web Surfing

To navigate through the World Wide Web or

Internet

60.

Ethics

part of practical philosophy which concerns

with how computing professionals should
make decisions regarding professional and
social conduct.

61.

Utilitarian View

the ethical doctrine that virtue is based upon

utility

62.

Deontology View

an ethical theory that the morality of an

action should be based on whether that
action itself is right or wrong

63.

Piracy

The unauthorized copying of software.

64.

Copyright

legal right granted to an author, composer,

playwright, publisher, or distributor to
exclusive publication, production, sale, or
distribution of a literary, musical, dramatic,
or artistic work.

65.

Patent

Its a right made by government to make a

use for the inventions

66.

Spam

To get a non-useful message online

repeatedly

67.

Virus

A malware that reproduces by modifying

68.

Phishing

When you defraud an online account by

showing as a legit company

69.

Pharming

When a malicious code is installed on a

personal computer or server

70.

Ergonomics

When you study the efficiency

71.

RSI

When pain takes place in a part of the body

due to repetitive tasks

72.

MSI

an installer package file format used by

Windows

73.

CSR

business approach that contributes to

sustainable development by delivering

economic
74.

E-Waste

term used to describe old