Computer Vocab

Match the following

• the physical components of a computer such as the CPU, monitor, or keyboard

• hardware

• small files that come through your browser from websites you visit

• browser

• apps and websites that allow people to share ideas, pictures, and/or videos

• digital footprint

• trail of information that you leave behind every time you go online

• cookie

• This is what connects you to the internet. Examples include: Google Chrome, Firefox, MicroSoft Edge

• social media

​ (a)   is using more than one medium of expression or communication.

• Multimedia
• Formula
• Hyperlink
• Attachment

​ (a)   is a type of keyboard used on Chromebooks.

• Qwerty
• screenshot
• Word Processor
• Swipe
• Alphabetical

​ (a)   are ideas and topics that define what your content is about. When you choose these carefully, your ​ (b)   are much more effective.

• Keywords
• searches
• Virus
• address
• domain name

A ​ (a)   is a computer program that is usually disguised as a harmless file that often produces copies of itself into other programs -- when the programs run, they are malicious. ​ (b)   is usually commercial, unsolicited messages sent to a large numer of people.

• virus
• spam

Match the following

• a visual cue (such as a flashing line) that shows your location on a document

• screenshot

• central processing unit, the brain of a computer

• desktop

• a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object

• icons

• an image that shows the contents of a computer display

• cursor

• an area or window on a computer screen in which icons are arranged

• CPU

A markup language that is used to create documents on the World Wide Web incorporating text, graphics, sound, video, and hyperlinks

• HTML

• Qwerty

• icons

• network

Text that user types into a browser window to reach a specific website

• cookie

• keywords

• attachment

• domain name

Microsoft Excel is an example of software that allows the entry and calculation of data in a ​ (a)   . Data is entered into boxes called ​ (b)   .

When you want to make calculations using your data, you enter a (c)   , a special equation that tells the program what data you want to be included and what kind of calculation to make.

• spreadsheet
• cells
• formula
• hyperlink
• output

Rows are ​ (a)   . Columns are ​ (b)   .

• horizontal
• vertical