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| word processing | an application software program designed to create letters and reports |
| text | words, sentences and paragraphs made up of characters |
| software | program that is run by your comuter |
| screen | display area on a monitor |
| scrolling | movement of text up and down on a screen |
| program | set of instructions for your computer |
| printer | device attached to the computer that prints on to a paper info |
| peripheral | each separate input and output device attached to a computer |
| network | more than one computer connected to each other or a printer |
| mouse | a device to move the computer |
| monitor | peripheral device producing an on screen display |
| menu | screen display listing your choices within a computer |
| keyboard | peripheral device that lets you talk into your computer |
| icon | picture or symbol of a computer command or function |
| highlighting | process of marking part of your text to stand out to select for editing |
| hardware | all the parts of the computer you can see and touch |
| hard copy | piece of paper that has your printed work on it |
| hard drive | found inside your computer it stores and saves everything |
| graphics | computer pictures |
| format | initializing a disk to be used by a computer |
| font | different style of lettering of characters |
| file | collection of related records or a simple unit of storage |
| email | electronic mailing of personal letters from one computer to another |
| document | the whole and finished text |
| desktop | background of your monitor |
| delete | erase text or graphics |
| data | facts that you give your computer |
| cursor | blinking symbol that shows where the next character will appear |
| computer | an electric machine |
| clip art | collection of already made graphics in a program |
| characters | letters, numbers and symbols that are used on your keyboard |
