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19 Cards in this Set
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Clicking
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Pressing and releasing the left (primary) mouse button
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Double Clicking
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Pressing the mouse button twice quickly
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Dragging
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A special method of using a mouse to move a window or a graphic object across the screen - specifically, by selecting the object to be moved, pressing and holding down the mouse button while moving the mouse (and at the same time moving the object)
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Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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Describes computer-user interaction in which the user relies on an easy-to-use visual setting - that is, familiar graphical images or icons (as in windows) - rather than a difficult, word-base setting that requires memorization of complicated comands
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Icons
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Graphic images or symbols that represent applications (programs), files, disk drives, documents, embedded objects, or linked objects
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Linking
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A windows feature that connects data in different documents or applications so that data changed in one document updates all other data that has been connected
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Log Off
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An Option used to exit an account without turning off hte computer so the name of a different user can log on at a later time
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Log On
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An option that identifies a person by user name and password so the user's personal settings and desktop will be loaded
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Mouse
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A pointing device thta serves as a faster, more effective alternative to the keyboard in communicating instructions
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Mounse Buttons
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Controls on a mouse that activate functions or call up menus when clicked
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Mouse Pointer (Pointer)
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On-screen object (whose shape changes depending on the function) whose movement and function is controlled by the mouse.
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Multitasking
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Running two or more distinct computer operations simultaneously - one in the foreground, the other(s) in the background
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Primary Button
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The mouse that is sued for selecting and dragging. By default, the primary button is the button on the left.
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Right-Clicking
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Pressing and quickly releasing the button on the right side of the mouse
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Select (Highlight)
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To "select" an object, a block of text, or an icon and therefore identify it before issuing a command or an action that will affect the selected item
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Shortcut menu button
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also called the secondayr button, it's the button on the right of the mouse
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Standard Desktop
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In the opening Window's screen, the entire background area where windows, icons, and and dialog boxes represent your work area
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Start button
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The button on the tastbar that will display options such as launching programs, opening documents, or other frequently needed tasks
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Windows
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Name of the mircosoft operating system; also, the objects that characterize the windos GUI
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