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21 Cards in this Set
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Application |
Another word for a program or software |
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Central Processing Unit or CPU |
Where all of the information you put into the computer is stored |
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Cursor |
The line or arrow that you control by moving the mouse |
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Desktop |
The screen you see first when your computer turns on. This screen has many icons. |
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Dialogue Box |
A window that opens and asks you questions |
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Document |
Anything you create in Microsoft Word id called a document |
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File |
A piece of computer information such as a document or a part of a computer program |
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Folder |
Like a file folder in a filing cabinet, a file is where documents (letters, spreadsheets, etc.) are kept |
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Font |
The way letters and words look |
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Format |
Changing the way that text looks on the page |
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Hardware |
All the parts of the computer that you can touch: the monitor, CPU, printer, mouse, ans the keyboard |
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Highlight/Selecting |
Click and drag across a word or sentence to highlight it. When it is highlighted you can make changes to it |
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Icon |
Symbols or pictures that you can click on to perform an action. Each program has its own icon |
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Italics |
Text that is slanted to the right |
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Laptop |
A portable computer that you carry with you |
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Mac or Macintosh |
A computer that is made to use the Macintosh operating system. There are two basic kinds of computers: PCs and Macs |
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Menu bar |
The words at the top of the screen. Click on these words and menus of other things you can do |
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Menu |
A list of other things you can do. You see menu when you click on one of the words on the menu bar |
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Bold |
A font style that makes letters and words darker |
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Minimize |
To move a window to the bottom of the screen without closing the window |
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Maximize |
To expand a window to full size of the screen |
