| A | B |
|---|
| Documents | Business Papers |
| Store | File |
| Retrieve | Find |
| Surname | Last name |
| Indexing | Putting in filing order (last name, first) |
| Magnetic Media | What a computer stores data on |
| Field | Smallest unit in a database |
| Record | A collection fo fields |
| File | A collection of records |
| Database | A group of files |
| Menu | A list of choices on a computer screen |
| Update | Replace old data with new data |
| Cursor | flashing marker on the display screen |
| Characters | Numbers and letters |
| Vendor | seller |
| Computer Software | A set of programs that perform related tasks |
| Spreasheet Software | A program on a computer system |
| Template | A spreadsheet that contains the headings, labels and formulas htat will not change |
| Data | Information |
| Data Entry Clerks | Workers who enter data using a computer |
| Money Column | A column on a form used for recording amounts of money |
| Footing | totla of money column written in small, neat figures |
| Double Ruling | Double line drawn under a total |
| MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
| OCR | Optical Character Recognition |
| Optical Mark Recognition | Allows pencil makrs to be read by special machines |
| UPC | Bar code read by special cash registers |
| Data Processing | Doing things to data to make them more useful |
| Input | First step of the data processing cycle |
| Source Documents | forms from which you get data |
| Processing | Second step of the data processing cycle |
| Output | Third step of the data processing cycle |
| Verify | To check for Accuracy |
| Transposition Error | Switching order of numbers or letters |
| Central Processing Unit | Part of a compuyter that processes the data |
| Computer Program | A set of instructions |
| Input Devices | used to enter data out of a comuter |
| Computer System | Input devices, central processing unit and output devices |
| Chronologically | by date |
| Numerically | by Number |
| Alphabetically | by the alphabet |
| Guides | tabs to help find records |
| ticker file | chronological file used to remind workers of important dates |
