| A | B |
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| Peripheral Devices | Any input or output devices plugged into the CPU |
| Hard Copy | a printed copy of data |
| The 3 parts of a disk | Sector, Track, Byte |
| RAM | Ramdom Access Memory (active or temporary memory) |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit, the "brain" of the computer |
| Integration | the ability to transfer information from one software application to another |
| Copyright Law | protects the software developer |
| Software | the program that instructs the computer to perform functions |
| Point | the standard measurement of type |
| ALU Arithmetic/Logic Unit | the computer unit processes calcuations |
| Stand Alone Computer | a complete and functional computer system which has all the necessary components to run on its own |
| Floppy disks | 3.5" |
| Pixels | density of these determines your screens resolution |
| Information Processing Cycle | Input, Process, Output, Storage |
| Disk Formatting | Check for errors, erases information, prepares for data |
| MicroComputer | The smallest type of computer |
| ROM | Read Only Memory, permanent memory |
| Scanner | a hardware device that inputs text, photographs or other graphics |
| Hardware | The physical components of the computer |
| Non-Impact Printer | Laser |
| Parallel Port | 8 vires and is a faster transmission |
| Portrait | when the paper prints taller than it is wide |
| Landscape | when the paper prints wider than it is tall |
| Port | a socket designed for attaching peripherials to a computer |
| ASCII | International coding system that assigns combinations of bits to each computer character |
| Virus | program designed to destroy the contents of a file |
| Booting | loading the operating system |
| Network | when computers are connected together to share hardware or software |
| Warm boot | Control, Alt, Delete to reset the computer with the powerstill on |
| Cold Boot | To turn on power to the comptuer to load the operating system |
| Hacking | breaking code and gaining illegal access to a computer |
| Public Domain software | can be used by anyone |
| Telecommunications Software | used to transfer information over the telephone lines |
| Scrolling | using the arrow keys to move up and down on the screen in a way that it appears to be rolling |
| Tab | used to move the cursor a predetermined number of spaces on a single line |
| Enter | would leave blank lines in a document as you are keying |
| Thesaurus | tool used for finding synonyms |
| Word Wrap | When the cursor automatically moves from the end of one line to the beginning of the next |
| WYSIWYG | the ability to show material on the screen exactly as it will print |
| Enhancements | Bold, Underline, Italics |
| Edit | to make changes or correction to existing text |
| Formatting | Setting up how a document looks when it is printed |
| Move | to change the location of text (drag and Drop or cut and paste) |
| Copy | text appears more than one time in a document |
| Cursor | Symbol that indicated where the next text will be entered |
| 4 types of tabs | Left, right, center, decimal |
| Margins | area from the edge of the page to where the text begins |
| Utility Software | "housekeeping" software like copying, formatting and deleting files |
| Back-up | to protect the loss of data my making a copy |
| 4 types of alignment | Left, Right, Center and Full(justify) |
| Header | Repetitive information that appears at the top of each page in a document |
| Text | words, symbols, numbers and punctuation |
| Superscript | Text that has been raised 1/2 of a line (like a exponent in math) |
| Subscript | text that has been lowered vertically (such as a chemical equation) |
| Footer | Repetitive information at the bottom of every page in a document |
| Page Break | diplayed when the maximum number of lines have been keyed on a page |
| Find | The ability to locate all the occasions of a word |
| Softcopy | output that appears on a screen or montior |
| Left Justification | Ragged text only on the right hand side of the page |
| Full Justification (Justify) | Text evenly spaced betweenthe left and right margins |
| Directory | a collection of files, filemanes, extensions and dates of creation |
| Default | standard settings such as line spacing, margins and tabe |
| Cell Reference | the column letter and the row number |
| Column | a group of cells that are one ceill wide and arranged vertically |
| Row | a group of cells that are one cell wide and arranged horizontally |
| Spreadsheet | a software program comprized of rows and columns |
| Currency | Formatting with a dollar sign and 2 decimal places |
| 3 parts of a function | Equal sign, name range |
| SUM | Function that will add all the numbers in a range |
| Average | function that will average all the numbers in a range |
| MAX | function that will find the largest number in a range |
| MIN | function that will find the lowest number in a range |
| Grid Lines | are used to help make graphs easier to read |
| Value Formatting | How numberic data is displayed |
| Absolute Reference | One that will NOT change to fit its new location when it is copied ($d$4) |
| Relative Reference | a cell that does change to fit its new location when it is copied |
| Labels | Text that is left aligned |
| Values | Numbers that are to be calculated (right aligned) |
| Active Cell | highlighted cell available to accept information |
| * | multiplication |
| / | division |
| ^ | exponent |
| Pie Chart | A round graph that can be created from a spreadsheet |
| ######### in a cell | change the width to show values in the cell |
| Legends | Identify bars, lines or colors in charts |
| Sorting | putting information in alphabetic, numeric or chronological order |
| Ascending order | from A-Z or 0-infinity |
| Descending order | from Z-A or infinity -0 |
| Filter | to search for information that meets specific criteria |
| Backspace | removes information one space to the left of the cursor |
| Delete | removes information at or to the right of the cursor |
| Mouse | input device used to drag and drop information |
| Order of Operations | the order in which mathematical operators will be worked in a formula |
| Range | a group of cells labeled from the top left cell to the bottom right cell |
