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TERM TABLE
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TERM

DEFINITION In Your Own Words!!!

1. Computer
2. Desktop

Computers respond to questions and specific set of

instructions in a well-defined matter
A desktop is used to portray file systems

3. Icon

Picture that represents an object or program

4. Shortcut

File in operating system that points to a another file or

device

5. Taskbar

A bar at the edge of a graphical interface that allows access

to a current applications

6. Wallpaper

That forms the background into all the icons, menus and
other elements of the operating system are displayed and
moved around

7. Hardware

Hardware refers to object that you can touch like

keyboards, printers, and chips

8. Software

The programs and other operating information used by a

computer

9. CPU

is the brains of the computer where most calculations

take place.

10.

Modem

a combined device for modulation and demodulation,

for example, between the digital data of a computer
and the analog signal of a telephone line.

11.

Peripheral

Relating to or situated on the edge or peripheral of

something

12.

Input Device

An input device is any device that provides input to a

computer

13.

Output Device

An output device is any piece of computer hardware

equipment used to communicate the results of data

14.

CD-RW

is a digital optical disc storage format

15.

DVD-R

A blank DVD which data, included music and movies can

be permanently be recorded

16.

Byte

byte considered as a unit of memory size

17.

RAM

Roughly force into place

18.

ROM

A type of optical disk capable of storing 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

prepare (a storage medium) to receive data.

21.

Title bar

a 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, typically located at the top of the

screen below the title bar, containing drop-down
menus.

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

show or prove to be right or reasonable.

31.

Alignment

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

describe fundamental ideas about the

practice of good visual design

35.

Text Box

A video mode in which a display screen is

divided into rows and columns of boxes. Each
box can contain one character.

36.

Text Art

is one of arts enabled by computer age.

37.

Spreadsheet

A table of values arranged in rows and

columns.

38.

Worksheet

A table of values arranged in rows and

columns. Each value can have a predefined
relationship to the other values.

39.

Cell

In spreadsheet applications, a cell is a box in

which you can enter a single piece of data.

40.

Row

A number of people or things in a more or

less straight line.

41.

Column

An upright pillar, typically cylindrical and

made of stone or concrete, supporting an
entablature, arch, or other structure or
standing alone as a monument.

42.

Cell Address

An address specified by indicating its

distance from another address, called the
base address.

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

For mass storage devices, a label is the

name of a storage volume.

45.

Value

The regard that something is held to

deserve; the importance, worth, or
usefulness of something.

46.

Formula

An equation or expression.

47.
Electronic
Presentation

Using multimedia of voice

48.

Moving along a smooth surface

Slide

49.

Transition

The process of changing from one state

50.
Animation
Scheme

Add visual effects to paragraphs

51.
Internet Web
Browser

Be used to access information

52.

Hyperlink

Document to another location or file

53.

World Wide Web

an information system on the Internet that

allows documents to be connected to other
documents

54.

Search Engine

a program that searches for and identifies

items in a database that correspond to
keywords

55.

E-Mail

Sending an email to a person

56.

Netiquette

The correct or acceptable way of

communicating on the Internet.

57.

Emoticon

A representation of a facial expression

58.

Domain Name

The part of a network address that finds it as

belonging to a particular domain

59.

Web Surfing

To navigate through the World Wide Web or

Internet, usually by clicking with a mouse.

60.

Ethics

the branch of knowledge that deals with

moral principles

61.

Utilitarian View

Utilitarianism is a theory in normative ethics

holding that the best moral action is the one
that maximizes utility.

62.

Deontology View

The normative ethical position that judges

the morality of an action based on the
action's adherence to a rule or rules.

63.

Piracy

the unauthorized use or reproduction of

another's work

64.

Copyright

Someone elses illegal work

65.

Patent

a government authority or license conferring

a right or title for a set period

66.

Spam

irrelevant or inappropriate messages sent on

the Internet

67.

Virus

a piece of code that is capable of copying

68.

Phishing

the activity of defrauding an online account

69.

Pharming

the fraudulent practice of directing Internet

users to a bogus website

70.

Ergonomics

The study of people's efficiency in their

working environment.

71.

RSI

is a condition where pain and other

symptoms occur in an area of the body which
has done repetitive tasks

72.

MSI

Is an installer package file format used by

Windows.

73.

CSR

the voluntary activities undertaken by a

company to operate in an economic,

74.

E-Waste

Term for electronic products that have

become unwanted, non-working or obsolete,
and have essentially reached the end of their
useful life.