Basic Computer Terms

This is a picture or an image.

• Graphic

• Software

• Cursor

• Right Click

Software that was written to do bad stuff to your computer.

• Data

• Virus

• SPAM

• Icon

This is an extra copy of a file or document.

• Desktop

• Browser

• Backup

• Data

This is where the data is that a computer stores. The more of this, the more data the computer can do and hold.

• Taskbar

• Memory

• Homepage

• Graphic

This is a small symbol or picture that represents a program or other things.

• Icon

• Logon

• URL

• FAQ

Software that enables the computer hardware to

communicate and operate with the computer software

• Browser

• Output Device

• Operating System

• SPAM

The address of documents, web pages and resources on the internet.

• URL

• World Wide Web

• Virus

• Software

This handles all instructions it receives from hardware and software running on the computer.

• Central Processing Unit (CPU)

• System

• Taskbar

• Output Device

This is the program you use to browse web pages like Firefox, Chrome or Edge.

• Browser

• Homepage

• Software

• URL

This is the screen that appears if you are not browsing the Internet, reading a file, playing a game or have any windows open. Your icons are on this screen.

• URL

• Desktop

• World Wide Web

• Output Device