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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

Small picture that represents an object or

program

4. Shortcut

Is an icon that points to a program

5. Taskbar

Contains icons that helps you run multiple

programs and quickly switch

6. Wallpaper

The background design of a screen

7. Hardware

The physical components of a computer

8. Software

he programs and other operating information

used by a computer

9. CPU

Its when 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 recorded many times

15.

DVD-R

A blanc 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 format.

21.

Title bar

Horizantal bat 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 contain drop down menus

23.

Font

Font is a combination of size and the shape

of letters

24.
Portrait
Orientation

Typical for letters, memos and other text

document

25.
Landscape
Orientation

Refer to whether the document is oriented

vertically or horizontally

26.

Margins

In word processing, it is a strip of white

space around the edge

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

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 production

33.

Graphics

Pictures and movies created using a

computer

34.

Design Elements

35.

Text Box

36.

Text Art

A rectangular control in which the user types

37.

Spreadsheet

An electronic document in which data is

arranged in rows and columns of a grind 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 a 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 together

50.
Animation
Scheme

Keeps your project consistent in the look and

is quick

51.
Internet Web
Browser

Application for retrieving, presenting and

reversing information resources on the world
wide web

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

72.

MSI

73.

CSR

74.

E-Waste