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TERM TABLE
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for finding ALL the definitions for the following terms on your own.
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Look over past notes, quizzes and assignments. Please write the definitions
in your own words.
TERM

DEFINITION In Your Own Words!!!

1. Computer

A computer is a programmable/working
machine computers respond in a well-defined
matter.

2. Desktop

A desktop is also another word for filing your

systems

3. Icon

An icon is a tiny object that represents an

object or program

4. Shortcut

A shortcut is a file in some operating systems

thats leads you to another file or device

5. Taskbar

A taskbar is at the edge of the program that

allows quick access to current or favourite
applications

6. Wallpaper

A wallpaper is a pattern or picture that forms

the background where all the icons are
placed

7. Hardware

Computer hardware system which refers to

objects that you can actually touch

8. Software

A software is information of the computer or

data

9. CPU

is the abbreviation for central processing unit

10.

Modem

A modem (modulator-demodulator) is a
device or program that enables a computer
to transmit data over, for example,
telephone or cable lines.`

11.

Peripheral

A peripheral are computer devices thats are

not part of the computer itself

12.

Input Device

An input device is whatever that is in a

computer. It can take many forms such as

the commands you enter from a keyboard
13.

Output Device

An output is anything that comes out of a

computer. It can also appear in many forms

14.

CD-RW

A CD-RW is a short term for CD-Rewritable

disk. It lets you write into multiple sessions

15.

DVD-R

A CD-RW is a short term for CD-Rewritable

disk. It lets you write into multiple sessions

16.

Byte

A byte is a binary term. Capacity of holding a

single character. A byte is modern on all
types of computers and holds a capacity of 8
bits.

17.

RAM

A RAM is something that has been obtained

to simulate a disk drive

18.

ROM

A ROM is a type of disk that can store large

amounts of data

19.

Word Processor

a program or machine for storing,

manipulating, and formatting text entered
from a keyboard and providing a printout.

20.

Formatting

To prepare a storage medium, usually a disk,

for reading and writing.

21.

Title bar

A bar on top of a window. The title bar

contains the name of the file or application.

22.

Menu Bar

You click items on the Excel menu bar to

navigate through all of the program's many
features.

23.

Font

A design for a set of characters. A font is the

combination of typeface and other qualities,
such as size, pitch, and spacing.

24.
Portrait
Orientation

A page with portrait orientation, typical for

letters, memos, and other text documents, is
taller than it is wide.

25.
Landscape
Orientation

The terms portrait and landscape refer to

whether the document is oriented vertically
or horizontally. Landscape orientation is
wider than it is tall.

26.

Margins

In word processing, the strips of white space

around the edge of the paper. Most word
processors allow you to specify the widths of
margins.

27.

Indent

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.
28.

Bullets

A small graphical element used to highlight

or itemize a list.

29.

Columns

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.

30.

Justify

To align text along the left margin

31.

Alignment

In text, the arrangement of text or graphics

relative to a margin.

32.
Desktop
Publishing

Using a personal computer or workstation to

produce high-quality printed documents.

33.

Graphics

Refers to an image, or any computer device

or program that makes a computer capable
of displaying and manipulating pictures.

34.

Design Elements

A shape is defined as a two or more

dimensional area that stands out from the
space next to or around it due to a defined or
implied boundary, or because of differences
of value, color, or texture.

35.

Text Box

A box to where you can add anywhere on the

page to add more writing

36.

Text Art

Text art, also called ASCII art is one of arts

enabled by computer age.

37.

Spreadsheet

Spreadsheet is the generic term for

applications, such as Excel, that you can use
to enter, analyze, and calculate data. It
performs mathematical calculations and
projections based on data entered

38.

Worksheet

a paper listing questions or tasks for

students.

39.

Cell

A cell is the intersection of a row and a

column

40.

Row

Rows are the horizontal divisions of a

worksheet that are identified by numbers.

41.

Column

Columns are the vertical divisions of a

worksheet that are identified by letters.

42.

Cell Address

Relative and absolute cell addresses

43.

Range

In spreadsheet applications, one or more

contiguous cells. For example, a range could
be an entire row or column, or multiple rows

or columns.
44.

Label

A name.

45.

Value

When a cell contains a formula, the resulting

number shown on the screen is called a
value.

46.

Formula

In spreadsheet applications, a formula is an

expression that defines how one cell relates
to other cells.

47.
Electronic
Presentation

presentation using multimedia of voice,

images, and electronic files (such as
Microsoft Word, Excel, or PowerPoint), with a
computer, transmitted via the internet or
phone, as opposed to being present in
person and handing out a paper copy to the
audience.

48.

Slide

A slide or slider phone is a mobile phone

form factor where the phone is designed like
a clamshell phone, in that each half of the
phone is dividing the display and speaker
from the keyboard buttons. However, rather
than the halves being hinged to open and
close, the two halves slide open.

49.

Transition

the process or a period of changing from one

state or condition to another.

50.
Animation
Scheme

simulation of movement created by

displaying a series of pictures, or frames.
Cartoons on television are one example of
animation.

51.
Internet Web
Browser

Web browser is a software application used

to locate, retrieve and display content on the
World Wide Web, including Web pages,
images and video.

52.

Hyperlink

An element in an electronic document that

links to another place in the same document
or to an entirely different document.

53.

World Wide Web

A system of Internet servers that support

specially formatted documents. The
documents are formatted in a markup
language called HTML.

54.

Search Engine

Search engines are programs that search

documents for specified keywords and
returns a list of matching documents.
Describes Google, Bing and Yahoo.

55.

E-Mail

A name that identifies an electronic post

office box on a network where e-mail can be

sent.
56.

Netiquette

Contraction of Internet etiquette, the

etiquette guidelines for posting messages to
online services, and particularly Internet
newsgroups.

57.

Emoticon

a representation of a facial expression such

as:-) (representing a smile), formed by
various combinations of keyboard characters
and used in electronic communications to
convey the writer's feelings or intended tone.

58.

Domain Name

Domain names are used to identify one or

more IP addresses. For example, the domain
name microsoft.com represents about a
dozen IP addresses.

59.

Web Surfing

o navigate through the World Wide Web or

Internet, usually by clicking with a mouse.
The term also has a generic meaning of
spending time on the Internet.

60.

Ethics

moral principles that govern a person's or

group's behavior.

61.

Utilitarian View

is a theory in normative ethics holding that

the best moral action is the one that
maximizes utility. Utility is defined in various
ways, but is usually related to the well-being
of sentient entities.

62.

Deontology View

is the normative ethical position that judges

the morality of an action based on the
action's adherence to a rule or rules. It is
sometimes described as "duty-" or
"obligation-" or "rule-" based ethics, because
rules "bind you to your duty.

63.

Piracy

the practice of attacking and robbing ships at

sea.

64.

Copyright

the exclusive legal right, given to an

originator or an assignee to print, publish,
perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or
musical material, and to authorize others to
do the same.

65.

Patent

a government authority or license conferring

a right or title for a set period, especially the
sole right to exclude others from making,
using, or selling an invention.

66.

Spam

Spam is electronic junk mail or junk

newsgroup postings. Some people define

spam even more generally as any unsolicited
email.
67.

Virus

A computer virus is a program or piece of

code that is loaded onto your computer
without your knowledge and runs against
your wishes.

68.

Phishing

An email that falsely claims to be a

legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam
the user into surrendering private
information to be used for identity theft.

69.

Pharming

Similar in nature to email phishing, pharming

seeks to obtain personal or private
information through domain spoofing.

70.

Ergonomics

The science concerned with designing safe

and comfortable machines for humans.

71.

RSI

RSI stands for relative strength index

72.

MSI

is an installer package file format used by

Windows. Its name comes from the
program's original title, Microsoft Installer,
which has since changed to Windows
Installer. MSI files are used for installation,
storage, and removal of programs.

73.

CSR

is defined as the voluntary activities

undertaken by a company to operate in an
economic, social and environmentally
sustainable manner.

74.

E-Waste

Short for electronic waste, the term e-waste

is applied to all waste caused by discarding
electronic devices, especially consumer
electronics.