Unit 1: Glossary

degree of freedom from errors measured from zero, usually expressed as one error, two errors, and so forth

• error

• accuracy

• editing

• technique

keys on a keyboard that move the cursor left, right, up or down

• Arrow Keys
• Function Keys
• Alphanumeric Keys
• Modifier Keys

arrangement of keys on a device attached to a computer or typewriter; also the act of keying or typing

• Keyboard
• Mouse
• Monitor
• Printer

moves the cursor to the left one space at a time

• Pressing the 'Tab' key
• Pressing the 'Enter' key
• Pressing the 'Space' key
• 'backspace' key

key on the keyboard that is used to key all capital letters without holding the shift key

• Caps Lock
• Enter key

• Backspace key

• Space Bar

a key used to erase characters once they are highlighted

• Backspace
• Enter key

• Shift
• Delete key

ends a line or paragraph

• end

• enter

• shift

• space bar

text, especially formatted, such as a numbered list, memo, letter, report, outline, title page, or reference page

• technique

• hypertext

• GWAM

• document

lighted point on a display screen where the next character of space can be entered

• Cursor
• Icon
• Menu
• Window

any misstroke of a key; also any variation between source copy and displayed or printed copy; departure from acceptable format

• error

• Grammatical mistake

• Spelling mistake
• Punctuation error