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26 Cards in this Set
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Computer Literacy
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Involvs having a current knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses.
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Computer
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An electronic device operating under the control of instructions scores on its own memory, can accept data, process data into information.
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Data
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A collection of unprocessed items. Can include text, numbers, inages, audio, and video.
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Information
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Conveys meaning and is useful to people.
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Information Processing Cycle
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The series of input, process output, and storage activities.
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Communications Device
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Hardware component that enables a computer to send and recieve data, instructions, and information to and from one or more mobile devices.
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Network
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A collection of computers and devices connected together, often done wirelessly via communications devices and transmission media
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Resources
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Hardware, Software data and information.
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Internet
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Worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational instutions, and individuals.
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Web or WWW
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World Wide Web- contains billions of documents called web pages and is one of the more popular services on the internet.
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Web Page
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Contains text, graphics, animation, audio, and video
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Web 2.0
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Social networking web sites, blogs, and web applications, used for users to share personal information.
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GUI
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Graphical iser interface- Lets you ineract with the software using text, graphics, and visual images such as icons
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Icon
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A miniature image that represents a program, aqn instruction or some other object
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System Software
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Consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices
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Application Software
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Cinsists of programs designed to make users more productive and or assist them with personal tasks.
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Operating System
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A set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware devices
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Utility/Utility Program
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Allows a user to perform maintenence type tasks usually related to managing a computer, its devices , or its program
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Installing
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The processs of setting up software to work with the computer, printer, and it usually has some software preinstalledon its hard disk.
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Loading
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Copying a program from storage to memory
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Programmer
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Also called a developer, is someone who develops software or writes the instructions that direct the computer to process the data to information
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