Everfi #1 (Choosing a Computer)

What is an application?

• Putting something on to make it work
• receiving data
• disk space available on a computer
• it is computer software created for a particular task or tasks

What is CPU?

•  the central paper unit carries out the functions in a computer
•  the central processing unit carries out the functions in a computer
• the central policy unit carries out the functions in a computer
• the critical patch update carries out the functions in a computer

Cloud computing is...

• sharing of confidential files to one another
• sending emails and worksheets to another intended recipient 
• a brand name of a computer that is a PC
• a computer network that allows for software and hardware to be placed on it, thereby removing the need to have them stored on your computer; some examples include word processing documents, e-mail, and music files

Downloading

• transfer (data) from one computer to another, typically to one that is larger or remote from the user or functioning as a server.
• receiving data, such as a music or video file, from a server or another computer system
• turning off your computer
• updating all your software components

Hardware

• software that is intended to damage or disable computers and computer systems.
  
• term for organized collections of computer data and instructions, often broken into two major categories
• the physical parts of a computer
• something that is hard like 

The Internet

• is a means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world via dedicated routers and servers.
• is a computer software created for a particular task or tasks; it is increasingly used to mean software that is downloaded for use on cell phones
• computer software that displays advertisements
• a computer or series of computers that link other computers together and often store important information

RAM

• a form of fraud where one person assumes the identity of another person
•  an area where a cell phone does not receive a signal
• computer memory that is temporarily used to allow programs to operate, which would be quicker than if they accessed ROM
• e-mail that’s sent to large group of people who didn't sign up to receive it; spam often requests information or money or may contain viruses

SPAM

• e-mail that’s sent to large group of people who didn't sign up to receive it; spam often requests information or money or may contain viruses
• a canned meat product made mainly from ham.
  
• State Police Association of Massachusetts
• what you eat

Spreadsheet

• a software package designed to create electronic presentations consisting of a series of separate pages or slides.
  
• the production, storage, and manipulation of text on a computer or word processor.
  
• an electronic document in which data is arranged in the rows and columns of a grid and can be manipulated and used in calculations.
• spreading paper apart and organizing it

Word Processing

• an electronic document in which data is arranged in the rows and columns of a grid and can be manipulated and used in calculations.
• a software package designed to create electronic presentations consisting of a series of separate pages or slides.
  
• a certificate given to websites that verifies whether a website is secure or not
•  a limitation and exception to the exclusive right granted by copyright law to the author of a creative work