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| Close | Allows you to close a document. |
| Computer Case | Hard outside covering that protects the internal componets that make up the computer example: CPU, main memory, electronic components, drives bays for storage |
| Desktop Computer | A computer designed to sit on a desk (as opposed to a laptop). |
| Disk Drive | Generic term for a type of storage device, such as a hard disk or a floppy disk (diskette). So called because the important part, where the information is actually stored, is circular, although you can't see it because it is hidden away inside a protective shell. |
| Editing | revising the text of a document is changing an existing document |
| Font | a specific typeface of a certain size and style. Font menu that allows you to choose the typeface, size, and style of the text |
| Hard Disk | The hard disk is a spindle of magnetic disks, called platters, that record and store information. Because the data is stored magnetically, information recorded to the hard disk remains intact after you turn your computer off. This is an important distinction between the hard disk and RAM, or memory, which is reset when the computer's power is turned off. |
| Hardware | The physical parts of a computer. |
| Help | On-screen instruction regarding the use of a program. There is always a Help menu in today's operating systems and applications |
| Input device | any device that provides input to a computer. There are dozens of possible input devices, but the two most common ones are a keyboard and mouse. joysticks, MIDI keyboards, microphones, scanners, digital cameras, webcams, card readers, UPC scanners All these devices send information to the computer and therefore are categorized as input devices |
| Keyboard | The computer keyboard is the peripheral unit of the computer that helps in typing in the words and numbers along with the symbols and thus communicate with computer. In other words, it is the way, how you can feed in information that needs to processed into your computer. |
| Memory | Also known as RAM. Where the computer holds whatever you are currently working on. The contents of memory are lost when the computer is switched off. |
| Monitor | The screen of a PC. |
| Mouse | A device used to move a pointer around on the computer screen. Essential to get the most out of Windows, though it is not quite impossible to use Windows without one. |
| Navigating | "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web. To move through the menu structure in a software application |
| Network | a system of interconnected computer systems, terminals, and other equipment allowing information to be exchanged |
| Open | A document is the same as clicking on the yellow folder with a forward arrow. It allows you to browse for a document type that you want to open. You can have multiple documents open at the same time. |
| Output device | Any device that outputs information from a computer. the most common output devices are the monitor and speakers. These two devices provide instant feedback to the user's input - headphones, printers, projectors, |
| Print | Allows you to send a file to the printer to be printed. |
| Printer | an output device that prints paper documents. This includes text documents, images, or a combination of both. The two most common types of printers are inkjet and laser printers. |
| Save | Copy whatever you are working on from memory, which is lost when you switch off the computer, to permanent storage, usually the hard disk. It is a good idea to save frequently when you are working on something important, in case there is a sudden power cut or you make some awful mistake that trashes your document. |
| Save as | Allows you to tell Word the name of your document and the folder that you want to store it in. |
| Selecting | allows users to select every or certain elements in the current document |
| Speaker | one of the most common output devices used with computer systems. the purpose of speakers is to produce audio output that can be heard by the listener |
| Speller | separate program or word processing function that tests for correctly spelled words |
| Start | Start Button - A button on the lefthand end (usually) of the Taskbar in most versions of Windows, which you click on to display the Start Menu. |
| Start | Start Menu - A set of menus which appear when you click on the Start Button in Windows, which you can customise to suit your own preferences. Most programs will automatically add themselves to the Start Menu when you install them. |
| View | To display and look at data on screen. |
| Window | an area on the screen that displays information for a specific program. |
| Workstation | are single-user computers. However, workstations are typically linked together to form a local-area network |
