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Friday, 14 November 2014

Important Computer Terminology part 2

25. Icon View- Allows you to see icons of folders and files primarily as icons with little information

26. Icons- In a graphical user interface (GUI), a small, pictorial, on screen representation of an object, such as a document, program, folder or disk drive.

27. Keyboard- This if the primary text input device. It also contains certain standard function keys, such as the Escape key, tab, and arrow keys, shift and control keys, and sometimes other manufacturer-customized keys.

28. Macintosh- Macintosh, Mac - a personal computer from Apple Computer

29. Mouse- Pointing device that allows you to tell the computer what to do

30. Mozilla- a web browser and successor to Netscape Communicator

31. Operating System (OS) - System software that allows your computer to work

32. Pentium- Microprocessor from Intel

33. Random Access Memory (RAM) - This stands for Random Access Memory. You can think of this as the "space" where you computer does its processing. The more space you have the more processes you can run at the same time. More RAM is always better than less. You can never have much RAM.

34. Recycle Bin- Place where you put files and folders that you may later want to delete or get rid of. Compare Trash

35. Resize Box- Allows you to change the size and shape of a window

36. Right click- To press the right button on the mouse. (This is Windows specific. On a Mac running System 8 or higher, you hold down the Control key and then click to get the same effect.)

37. Save As¬¬- Give the file a name and/or store the file in a certain place

38. Save- Tell the computer to create a file on disk that has the information you've put into the document (usually typing)

39. Scroll bar- Allows you to move around through your document

40. Shut down- To quit all applications and turn off the computer

41. Software- Instructions that tell the computer what to do

42. Spam- unwanted repetitious messages, such as unsolicited bulk e-mail

43. System files- Allows our computer to work

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45. Trash- Place where you put files and folders that you want to delete or get rid of

46. Trojan Horse- a malicious program that is disguised as legitimate software. The term is derived from the classical myth of the Trojan Horse. Analogously, a Trojan horse appears innocuous (or even to be a gift), but in fact is a vehicle for bypassing security

47. Unix- an operating system

48. Virus- a piece of program code that spreads by making copies of itself

49. Volume Icons- Devices that hold files and folders

50. Wiki or WikiWiki- a hypertext document collection or the collaborative software used to create it

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