| A | B |
|---|
| Anti-virus program | Software designed to identify and remove viruses from a compute |
| Archived folder | Compressed folder |
| AVI | Windows uncompressed video file format |
| Backup utility | Software designed to create a backup |
| Bitmap | Image file format that retains all information about an image; largest of all common image formats |
| Circle tool | Drawing tool used to create circles |
| Collaborative software | Software designed to help people connect and work together on a project. Also known as groupware |
| Computer Aided Design | High-powered software used to design and create 3-D models |
| Computer-based training | Online training. Also known as eLearning |
| Contact management software | Focused database software designed to retain and organize contact information |
| Curve tool | Drawing tool used to create curved lines |
| Definition tool | File containing a list of characteristics for all known viruses so they can be identified by an antivirus program |
| Desktop publishing applications | Process of creating and formatting a document for widespread circulation or distribution |
| Effects | Series of tools used by graphics programs to transform an image |
| eLearning | Online training. Also known as computer-based training (CBT |
| Electronic mail | Mail sent over the Internet |
| Fill tool | Tool used by several programs to add a color or texture background |
| Financial software | Software designed to keep track of financial transactions and records, such as a bank account |
| Flash | Popular software created by Adobe for Web-based animation and videos |
| GIF | Image format that offers a modest level of compression; images don’t lose any quality information but do lose some color and shades of gray information |
| Graphics software | Software used to create and modify pictures and other images |
| Groupware | Software designed to help people connect and work together on a project. Also known as collaborative software |
| Home page | Default Web page that opens when a browser is launched |
| Instant messaging | Sending a brief text message across the Internet directly onto another user’s computer screen |
| JPEG | Image compression format that makes the file size much smaller but loses some of the color and other image detail information |
| Line tool | Drawing tool used to create straight lines |
| MP3 | Audio file compression format that reduces the file size dramatically with very minor loss of quality |
| Paint brush tool | Drawing tool used to draw freehand |
| Pencil tool | Drawing tool used to draw freehand |
| Personal information manager | Type of software used to organize personal information on your computer, such as contacts, tasks, and follow-up reminders |
| PNG | Image compression format that reduces file size while retaining enough quality for printing |
| Project management applications | Software designed to organize, track, and manage all aspects of a complex projec |
| QuickTime | Apple’s video and music player |
| Shape tool | Drawing tool used to create various shapes like circles, squares, and other standard shapes |
| TIFF | Image file format used for high-quality printouts |
| Uniform Resource Locator | Name given to each Web page to help a user locate it on the Internet |
| Utility programs | Programs designed to handle specific tasks that lie outside the primary scope of an OS, including things like backup, disk compression, and disk defragmentation |
| Video for Windows | Uncompressed format used for full motion and sound video files |
| Virtual reality | Three-dimensional computer simulated environmen |
| Virus | Program specifically written to cause harm to your data and operating system |
| Voice over Internet Protocol | Network protocol for making phone calls over the Interne |
| WAV | Uncompressed audio file format |
| Web browser | Software used to open and navigate Internet pages |
| Web conference programs | Software used to enable several people to communicate and share documents over the Internet |
| Widgets | Small utilities on the Vista sidebar that perform functions like displaying a clock, gathering news feeds, or showing a slide show of pictures |
| Wiki | Websites where content is created and edited by anyone |
| Zipped folder | Compressed folder usually distinguished by a little zipper over the standard folder icon |
