Computer Terminology

What is an ALERT?

• A program in which you do your work

• A printed circuit board that adds some feature to a computer.

• A message that appears on screen, usually to tell you something went wrong.

• An acronym for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.

What is BOOT?

• A piece of computer information made up of eight bits.

• To start up a computer.

• Files on a disk that contain instructions for the computer.

• A large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case.

What is DRAG AND DROP?

• A feature on a computer which allows one to drag the icon for a document on top of the icon for an application, thereby launching the application and opening the document.

• An electronic subdirectory which contains files.

• An electronic list of information that can be sorted and/or searched.

• The working area of a computer screen regarded as a representation of a notional desktop and containing icons representing items such as files and a wastebasket.

What is DOS?

• A spinning platter made of magnetic or optically etched material on which data can be stored.

• The machinery that writes the data from a disk and/or writes data to a disk.

• Acronym for Disk Operating System.

• A file you create, as opposed to the application which created it.

What is a CRASH?

• An on-screen message box that appear when the computer requires additional information before completing a command.

• A system malfunction in which the computer stops working and has to be restarted.

• A graphic symbol for an application, file or folder.

• To start an application.

What is a FILE?

• An electronic subdirectory which contains files.

• To shift the contents of a window to bring hidden items into view.

• The generic word for an application, document, control panel or other computer data.

• Using part of your hard drive as though it were RAM.

What is a ZOOM BOX?

• The disk containing system software and is designed to be used to start the computer.

• A bar at the bottom or right size of a window that contains the scroll box and allows scrolling.

• A copy of a file or disk you make for archiving purposes.

• A small square in the upper right corner of a window which, when clicked will expand the window to fill the whole screen.

What is a CLIPBOARD?

• A portion of memory where the computer temporarily stores information.

• A program in which you do your work.

• An electronic list of information that can be sorted and/or searched.

• An invisible file in which the finder stores a database of information about files and icons.

What is COMPRESSION?

• Software used to install a program on your hard drive.

• A technique that reduces the size of a saved file by elimination or encoding redundancies.

• A protocol for fast communication and file transfer across a network.

• A program designed to look like an electronic ledger.

What is a BYTE?

• Something you do to an apple.

• A piece of computer information made up of eight bits.

• A printed circuit board that adds some feature to a computer.

• 1024 megabytes.