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WorksheetsComputer Terminology
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Worksheet time: 27mins
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.
What is a COMMAND?
A system error which causes the cursor to freeze in place.
The act of giving an instruction to your computer either by menu choice or keystroke.
To print sideways on the page.
To select by clicking once on an icon or by highlighting text in a document.
What is a CONTROL PANEL?
A program that allows you to change settings in a program or change the way your computer looks and/or behaves.
An on-screen message box that appears when the computer requires additional information before completing a command.
The window that displays the contents or directory of a disk.
A graphic symbol for an application, file or folder.
What is DATA?
To concentrate fragments of data into contiguous blocks in memory or on a hard drive.
Information processed by the computer.
A file you create, as opposed to the application which created it.
A system error which causes the cursor to lock in place.
What is DOWNLOAD?
A program that allows you to change settings in a program or change the way your computer looks and/or behaves.
To transfer data from one computer to another.
The window that displays the contents or directory of a disk.
A program that converts programming code into a form that can be used by a computer.
What is DRAG?
To move the mouse while its button is being pressed.
A file on a computer which tells it how to communicate with an add-on piece of equipment (like a printer)
A large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case.
To start an application.
What is a FILE?
An electronic subdirectory which contains files.
The generic word for an application, document, control panel or other computer data.
A graphic symbol for an application, file or folder.
To start an application.
What is a FOLDER?
The generic word for an application, document, control panel or other computer data.
A file on a computer which tells it how to communicate with an add-on piece of equipment.
An electronic subdirectory which contains files.
To send a file from one computer to another through a network.
What is LANDSCAPE?
The generic word for an application, document, control panel or other computer data.
In printing from a computer, to print sideways on the page.
In printing from a computer, to print as a portrait.
To start an application.
What is MEMORY?
A list of program commands listed by topic.
A connection socket.
The main hard drive window.
The temporary holding area where data is stored while it is being used or changed; the amount of RAM a compute has installed.
What is a MENU?
The horizontal bar across the top (or bottom) of the computer screen that lists the menus.
A list of program commands listed by topic.
To insert text or other material from the clipboard or copy buffer.
A connection socket.
What is MULTI-TASKING?
One billionth of a second.
A device used to put information into and get information out of the computer.
Running more than one application in memory at the same time.
To write a file onto a disk.
What is PASTE?
The main hard drive window.
A program designed to look like an electronic ledger.
To shift the contents of a window to bring hidden items into view.
To insert text, or other material from the clipboard or copy buffer.
What is RAM?
An acronym for Random Access Memory.
An acronym for Remote Access Memory.
An acronym for Receiving Accounts Memory.
An acronym for Random Available Memory.
What is SAVE?
The system software that controls the computer.
To write a file onto a disk.
A connection socket. To insert text, or other material from the clipboard or copy buffer.
Files on a disk that contain instructions for a computer.
What is SAVE AS?
(A File Menu item) to save a previously saved file in a new location and/or with a new name.
To write a file onto a disk.
Files on a disk that contain instructions for a computer.
To send a file from one computer to another through a network.
What is a SERVER?
A person who brings you food in a restaurant.
A central computer dedicated to sending and receiving data from other computers (on a network).
Files on a disk that contain instructions for a computer.
To shift the contents of a window to bring hidden items into view.
What is a SPREADSHEET?
Files on a disk that contain instructions for a computer.
A file in the system folder that allows your computer to start and run.
A connection socket.
A program designed to look line an electronic ledger (Excel)
