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27 Cards in this Set
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Computer
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electronic device that completes tasks under the direction of a sequence of instructions to produce useful results for people.
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• Computer Software/Computer Program
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set of instructions that directs a computer to perform tasks
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• App
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computer program on a mobile device or on a Windows 8/10 computer
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• Computer Hardware
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physical equipment associated with a computer. (keyboard, mouse, hard disk)
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• Mobile Device
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portable computer hardware such as a smartphone or table
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• Data
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words, numbers, videos, graphics, & sound that programs manipulate, display, & otherwise process
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• RAM
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Random Access Memory
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• CPU
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Central Processing Unit
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• SAVING & STORING DATA
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placing the data or software electronically on a storage medium such as a hard disk or Universal Serial Bus (USB) drive or saving to a cloud storage server.
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• Developers
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people skilled in designing computer programs and creating them using programming languages.
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• Application
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several programs working together to solve a problem.
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• Programming Language
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set of words and symbols that can be interpreted by a special computer software & eventually executed as instructions by a computer.
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• GUI
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graphical user interface. Usually consists of a window that contains a variety of objects and that can be displayed on various devices such as a computer monitor or phone screen.
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• Event
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user has initiated an action that causes the program to perform a type of processing in response.
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• Database
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a collection of data organized in a manner that allows access, retrieval, and use of that data.
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• Syntax
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strict set of usage/programming rules that belong to a specific program language. Developers uses to communicate instructions to computer.
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• IDE
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Integrated development environment. Provides services and tools that enable a developer to code, test, and implement a single program, or sometimes a series of the programs that comprise an application.
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• Class
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named group of program code
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• Class Library
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makes the class available to all developers who need to use it
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• Object
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a button created from a class, or sometimes an instance of a class.
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Title Bar
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identifies the window and the application open in the window.
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• Menu Bar –
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displays the Visual Studio 2015 menu names. The menus contain lists of commands that allow you to create, edit, save, print, test, and run a Visual Basic program, and to perform other functions that are critical to developing Visual Basic programs.
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• Standard Toolbar
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contains buttons that execute frequently used commands such as Open Project, New Project, Save, Cut, Copy, Paste, and Undo.
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• Toolbox –
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contains .NET components that help you develop the GUI for your program. You can use the toolbox to place buttons, picture boxes, labels, radio buttons, and other Windows GUI objects in the windows of your program.
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• Main Work Area
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- contains the item you are currently developing.
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• Solution Explorer
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displays the elements of the Visual Basic solution, which is the name for the Visual Basic program and other items generated by Visual Studio to help the program execute properly.
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• Properties Window
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An item that is a visual part of a GUI is called an object or control. Each object has a set of characteristics called properties of the object.
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