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| Account | Allows different people to use the same computer, assigning their personal settings. |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| Backups | Copies of computer files made and kept as a safeguard in case of damage or loss of the originals. |
| Windows Clipboard | A buffer where data that has been cut or copies from an application is kept in case you want to recall it. |
| Default | Setting of a computer program that the options it selects if you do not instruct it to do otherwise. |
| Files | A collection of electronic information stored under one name. |
| File Managers | Allows you to organize your files and directories. |
| Fonts | Fonts give shapes and sizes to the basic characters that are used in wordprocessing. |
| Viruses | Gremlins, bugs, crashes and illegal operations |
| Networks | Allows computers to link by cables and wires over which they communicate electronically. |
| Passwords | Provides a word or a set of numbers you have to give before you are allowed to pass. |
| Programs | A sequence of instructions in computer language that tells that computer what to do. |
| Software | Software is a general term for all programs that can be used on a computer. |
| Text Files | Text files are the simplest form in which documents can be stored on a computer. |
| Tools | Tools or utilities are programs on a computers that enable you to perform a specific task or small group of tasks. |
| Wordprocessing | Wordprocessing is a eletronically writing, editing, and storing what you write. |
| RAM | Random Access Memory |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| HTTP | Hypertext Protocol |
| www | World Wide Web |
| Internet | A worldwide system for linking smaller computer network together. |
| Intranet | A network used inside an organization using software (like browers) used on the internet, but not available to the public. |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locators |
| Browsers | Software which lets you read the world wide web. |
| Home Page | On the web (or any hypertext system pages are needed as the front covers and contents pages to other pages. |
| Hypertext | Hypertext is the word used for interactive text. |
| HTML | Hypertext Markup Language |
| Frames | Arrange the screen so that it shows more than one page at once. |
| Internet Service Provider | ISP |
| Links | A web page that has a connection from one page to another. |
| MIME | Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions |
| Offline | Moving emails and web pages from the internet to your computer so that you can read them and work on them while your telephone is switched off. |
| Search Engines | Internet databases that can use through your web browser, allows you to search for keywords that will bring a list of relevant files to your screen. |
| Surf the web | Moving from site to site sampling the contents. |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disk Read Only Memory |
| Find | Search |
| Menus | A list of choices shown on a computer screen for you to choose which function or command you want. |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| Bug | Glitch inside a program that is not found until after release of the program |
| Clipboard | Special memory resource to store the last "copied" or "cut" information |
| Command | An instruction that tells the computer to start, stop or continue an operation |
| Save | To copy data from temporary to a more permanent storage area in a computer so that it can be accessed at a later time |
| Memory | A device where information can be temporarily stored and retrieved |
| Menu | List of options that pulls down |
| Digial | Discrete, uniform signals as binary digits 1 and 0 |
| Server | A computer or other device that manages resources on a network |
| Spreadsheet | Software used for working in columns and rows |
| Word Processor | Computer software used to produce and edit text |
