| A | B |
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| PRESENTATION | A TYPE OF APPLICATION PROGRAM WHERE USERS CAN CREATE A SLIDE PRESENTATION TO SHOW A GROUP OF PEOPLE |
| SPREADSHEET | A TYPE OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE WHERE YOU WORK WITH NUMBERS AND CALCULATIONS TO CREATE TABLES, CHARTS, AND GRAPHS |
| MAC OS | USED BY APPLE COMPUTERS; WORKS SIMILARY TO WINDOWS, BUT HAS A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT APPEARANCE, OR LOOK |
| LINUX | A POWERFUL OPERATING SYSTEM, OFTEN USED IN LARGE NETWORKS AND BUSINESS ENVIRONMENTS |
| HANDHELD OPERATING SYSTEMS | OPERATING SYSTEMS USED IN PDAs, MP3 PLAYERS AND CELL PHONES; USE OPERATING SYSTEMS THAT WERE DEVELOPED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEM, CALLED "PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE" |
| INTERFACE | A POINT WHERE TWO THINGS COME TOGETHER; NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR COMPUTER |
| NETWORK | A GROUP OF COMPUTERS CONNECTED TOGETHER; ENABLE PEOPLE TO SHARE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES SUCH AS PRINTERS, STORAGE DEVICES, AND INTERNET CONNECTIONS |
| NETWORK SERVER | A POWERFUL COMPUTER THAT LETS USERS SHARE STORAGE SPACE AND APPLICATIONS; CAN BE A PC OR A LARGE MAINFRAME COMPUTER |
| CLIENT COMPUTER | SENDS AND RECEIVES INFORMATION TO AND FROM A SERVER; USUALLY A PC, SUCH AS A DESKTOP OR LAPTOP COMPUTER, OR EVEN CAN BE A HANDHELD DEVICE SUCH AS A PDA |
| LOCAL-AREA NETWORK | A SMALL NETWORK THAT COVERS A SMALL AREA SUCH AS AN OFFICE OR SCHOOL |
| WIDE-AREA NETWORK | COVERS A LARGE GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, SUCH AS AN INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION |
| INTERNET | THE BIGGEST NETWORK THERE IS, CONNECTING MILLIONS OF COMPUTERS AROUND THE WORLD |
| INTRANET | WORKS LIKE THE INTERNET, BUT ALLOWS ONLY PEOPLE IN THE SAME ORGANIZATION OR BUSINESS TO SHARE INFORMATION |
| SERVER | IN A COMPUTER NETWORK, WHAT DO YOU CALL THE COMPUTER THAT PROVIDES SHARED STORED SPACE AND APPLICATIONS TO OTHER COMPUTERS? |
| DATABASE | A TYPE OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS THE USER TO ORGANIZE AND RETRIEVE LARGE AMOUNTS OF INFORMATION |
| NETWORK | A ___ MAKES SCHOOLS MORE EFFICIENT AND HELPS THEM SAVE MONEY BECAUSE PEOPLE CAN SHARE INFORMATION AND RESOURCES SUCH AS PRINTERS, STORAGE DEVICES, AND INTERNET CONNECTIONS |
| WORD PROCESSING | YOU WOULD LIKELY USE A ___ PROGRAM TO WRITE A REPORT FOR YOUR TEACHER |
| SOFTWARE | A SET OF INSTRUCTIONS THAT MAKES IT POSSIBLE FOR A COMPUTER TO PERFORM TASKS; CAN ALSO BE CALLED PROGRAM OR APPLICATION |
| OPERATING SYSTEM | THE MAIN PROGRAM THAT MAKES A COMPUTER WORK |
| APPLICATION SOFTWARE | LETS YOU DO DIFFERENT TASKS ON YOUR COMPUTER, SUCH AS WRITING REPORTS OR SENDING E-MAIL |
| UTILITY SOFTWARE | HELPS YOU CONTROL, OR EXERCISE POWER OVER, YOUR COMPUTER AND KEEP IT IN GOOD RUNNING CONDITION |
| WEB BROWSER | A TYPE OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE THAT LETS YOU VISIT SITES ON THE INTERNET |
| E-MAIL | A TYPE OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS YOU TO EXCHANGE MESSAGES AND FILES WITH OTHER COMPUTER USERS |
| WORD PROCESSING | A TYPE OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE YOU CAN USE TO CREATE LETTERS, TERM PAPERS, REPORTS, NEWSLETTERS, AND SO ON |
| MICROSOFT WINDOWS | THE MOST POPULAR OPERATING SYSTEM FOR PCs |
