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26 Cards in this Set
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Desktop
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The starting screen of the computer.
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Icons
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Pictures or graphics that represents files, programs, or folders.
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Recycle Bin
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Where you put files that you want to delete.
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Folder
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A place to store your computer work or files.
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File
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A piece of computer work.
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Taskbar
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The bar located at the bottom of Microsoft Windows OS, which displays the start button, system clock, programs that are currently running, as well as other open windows.
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Hard Drive
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Disks inside the computer where all of the data is stored.
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Window
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This opens when you click on an icon. It is a rectangular vision area showing the program being used or what is in a folder.
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Menu
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Gives you options or choices of what to do.
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Interface
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The way the computer screen looks and interacts with the user.
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Operating System
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The main program that runs the computer. Windows is the OS for our school computers. iOS 7 is the OS for iPods and iPads.
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Cursor
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The blinking line that lets you know where to type.
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Minimize
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To hide a window from view.
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Maximum
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Makes a makes a window become larger.
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Scroll
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When a window is not large enough to display all of the content, you may need to do this to bring more content in to view.
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Portrait
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A page layout style that orients the page up and down. MS Word default layout.
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Landscape
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A page layout style that orients the page up and down.
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Default
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A preset value for some option in a computer program that is used when the setting has not been otherwise specified by the user.
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Format
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Layout or arrangement of data.
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Hardware
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Refers to the physical parts of a computer and related devices.
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Input Device
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A device used to insert information into a computer. (Keyboard, microphone, mouse, camera, scanner,etc.)
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Output Device
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A device used to extract information from a computer. (Screen , printer, headphones, etc.)
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Software
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Programs that allow you do to things on a computer like play games, word processing, view files on the internet.
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Word Processor
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Processes words, paragraphs,pages, and larger documents. (MS Word or Google Docs)
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Spreadsheet
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A document that stores data in a grid of horizontal rows and vertical columns. Both MS Excel and Google Spreadsheets are programs that can be used to create a spreadsheet.
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USB
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Most common type of computer port/plug.
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