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| Action Center | An area in a window that displays important messages about critical security and maintenance components on a computer, such as the firewall, antivirus protection, and spyware protection. |
| Address Bar | An area in a window that contains the path to the current folder |
| close button | The window button that closes the open window or application |
| computer folder | In windows, provides access to hard drives, removable drives and media, CD and DVD drives, network locations, and other removable media such as flash storage, cameras and scanners. |
| control panel | The command center for configuring Windows settings |
| desktop | the main screen and workspace that opens when windows is started |
| explorer window | vista windows that explore a computer and navigate to items |
| favorites | Area in the Navigation Pane that contains links to folders for commonly used items, including the desktop, downloads, and recently opened files and folders. |
| jump list | A list of recently used files that appears on the Start menu when you right-click an icon |
| libraries | Virtual folders that contain links to files and folders throughout your computer. |
| notification area | Program icons on the task bar that provide status and notifications about programs and features such as speaker volume or new mail |
| operating system | Software that controls the basic operations of your computer. |
| pin | to attach a program directly to the Start menu or task bar for easy access |
| pointer | the tip of a pointing device as it appears on the screen |
| pointing device | A device that allows users to navigate and interact |
| recycle bin | Wastebasket icon on the Window desktop where items are deleted and from which they can be restored before the Recycle Bin is emptied. |
| start button | Centralized starting point that brings up menus and other options |
| taskbar | The area at the bottom of the Windows screen that contains the Start button as well as program or window buttons for open programs. |
| window | A work area in Windows containing a user interface |
| windows Aero | A graphic interface feature that gives a translucent quality to windows dialog boxes, and other items. |
| backstage view | The Ribbon tab where you do “behind the scenes” tasks such as getting information about the current file, creating new files, printing the current file, sharing files with others, and defining file properties |
| contextual tab | A tab that appears on the Ribbon only when you select certain items in a file, and they contain commands related to that item. |
| gallery | A list of options available for a command. |
| home page | the first page that opens when you start your browser |
| internet | A vast network of computers located all over the world and linked to one another. |
| link | Text, cell, or an object that when clicked “jumps to” another location, such as another file location or a web site. |
| live preview | The Office 2010 feature that lets you point to the various choices in a gallery or palette and see the results before applying. |
| microsoft office 2010 | A collection of a software programs including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, and Publisher |
| mini toolbar | a floating toolbar that appears in the work area after you drag the pointer over text while holding down the left mouse button |
| ribbon | An area at the top of an Office program that contains commands for working with the open file, the commands are organized under tabs. |
| screentip | a box that appears when you point to a button, contains the button’s name and a description of its function. |
| SharePoint | A site set up by an organization, such as a school or business |
| shortcut menu | a menu that appears when you right-click something in the program window. |
| SkyDrive | An online storage and file sharing provided by Microsoft |
| tab | An indicator in a paragraph that marks the place where the insertion point will stop when you press the Tab key. |
| task pane | A window along the left side of the program window that contains options and commands. |
| tool bar | A small bar that appears at the top or bottom of a window instead of the |
| URL | Web address |
| web browswer | Special software such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Firefox, used to view web pages |
| world wide web | a system of computers that share information by means of links on Web pages |
