Tech Apps Vocabulary

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Keyboard

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An input device that allows you to operate a computer.

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Monitor

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A display screen used to provide visual output from a computer.

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CPU

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Central Processing Unit: the "brain" of the computer.

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Mouse

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An input device that can move thee on-screen cursor to different items on the screen and select them.

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Printer

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An output device that can produce a paper copy of what is on the computer screen.

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Scanner

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An input device that can take a paper and create a digital copy.

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Speakers

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An output device that allows sound to come from your computer.

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Hardware

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The physical parts of your computer.

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Software

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The applications that make your computer work.

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Hard Drive

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Where the programs are stored on your computer.

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Network

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A set of computers connected together for the purpose of sharing resources.

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Internet

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A global system of interconnected computer networks that link several billion devices world wide. [World Wide Web]

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PLN

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Personal Learning Network

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URL

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Uniform Resource Locator: AKA web address

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Web Browser

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The software that allows you to get on the internet. EX: the picture

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Search Engine

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The program that searches the internet for you. EX: the picture

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Applications

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A computer program with an interface, enabling people to use the computer as a tool to accomplish a specific task.

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AUP

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Acceptable Use Policy: what you can and cannot do on a computer at school or at home.

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Netiquette

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How to act when online.

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Copyright Law

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A legal right created by the law of a country, that grants the creator of an original wok exclusive rights to its use and distribution.

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Fair Use

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The doctrine that brief excerpts of copyright material may, under certain circumstances be used without permission of the copyright owner.

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Cursor

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A movable indicator on a scree identifying the point that will be affected by input from the user.

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Cyberbulling

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The use of electronic devices and social media to harass. threaten or intimidate someone.

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Format

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The way in which something is arranged or set out.

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Intellectual Property

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A work or invention that is the result of creativity, can be copyright protected.

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Landscape

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When a page is printed wider than it is high.

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Portrait

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When a page is higher than it is wide.

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Public Domain

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The state of belonging or being available to the public as a whole, and therefore not subject to copyright.

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Server

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A computer or computer program that manages access to a centralized resource or service in a network.

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Operating System

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The software very computer needs i order to operate.

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RAM

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Random Access Memory: easily changed

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ROM

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Read Only Memory: not easily changed.