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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 the window or a graphoc object across the screen - specifically, by (1) the object to be moved (2) 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-based setting the requires memorization of complicated commands.
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Icons
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Grapcic images or symbols the 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 turing off the computer so the nameof 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 located.
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Mouse
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a pointing device that servers as a faster, more effective alternative to the keyboard in communicating instructions
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Mouse buttons
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Controls on a mouse that activate functions or call up menus when clicked.
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Mouse pointer
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on-screen object (whose shape changes depending on the fuction) 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 others in the background.
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Primary button
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The mouse button that is used for selecting and dragging. By default, the primary 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 commandor an action that will affect the selected item
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Shortcut menu button
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Also called the secondary 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 dialog boxes representyour work area.
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Start button
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the button on the task bar 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 Microsoft operating system; also, the objects that characterize the windows GUI.
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