| A | B |
| Character | a letter, symbol, number, or blank space |
| Menu | List of functions |
| Command | an instruction given to the computers |
| Default | settings that are preset in the software |
| File name | A name given to a document when it is stored |
| Hard copy | A document that is printed on paper |
| Format | The arrangement of text on a screen or paper |
| Monitor | the display screen that allows the user to view all data entered through the keyboard |
| Option | one of the functions that an be selected from a software menu |
| Print | process of converting screen copy to hard copy |
| Program disk | disk upon which the word processing program is stored |
| Prompt | a message that appears on the screen |
| Retrieve | the transfer of stored documents to the computer's memory |
| Scrolling | process of moving text up, dow, left, or right |
| Software | set of programmed instructions that tells the computer what to do |
| Store | the placement of documents on a floppy disk |
| Student Disk | a disk that stores the data keyed by a student |
| Word Wrap | the automatic movement of a word from one line to the next |
| Pica | ten characters per horizontal inch |
| Elite | twelve characters per horizontal inch |