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Basic Computer and Windows Terms: These Words Are Not

This document defines 31 basic computer and Windows terms, including application, bold, central processing unit, clicking, cursor, desktop, dialogue box, disk drive, disks, document, file, folder, font, format, hardware, hard drive, highlighting/selecting, icon, italics, keyboard, menu bar, menu, Microsoft Word, monitor, mouse, open, point, programs, screen saver, scroll bars, spreadsheet, and tool bars. It provides examples for many of the terms to illustrate their meanings.

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Basic Computer and Windows Terms: These Words Are Not

This document defines 31 basic computer and Windows terms, including application, bold, central processing unit, clicking, cursor, desktop, dialogue box, disk drive, disks, document, file, folder, font, format, hardware, hard drive, highlighting/selecting, icon, italics, keyboard, menu bar, menu, Microsoft Word, monitor, mouse, open, point, programs, screen saver, scroll bars, spreadsheet, and tool bars. It provides examples for many of the terms to illustrate their meanings.

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Basic Computer and Windows Terms

1. APPLICATION: another
word for a program or
software.

2. BOLD: A font style that
makes letters and words
darker.
These words are bold.
These words are not.
3. CENTRAL PROCESSING
UNIT: where all of the
information you put into the
computer is stored.

4. CLICKING: Pointing to
something on the screen
and then pushing the button
on the mouse is called
clicking.

5. CURSOR: The line or
arrow that follows your
mouse movement.

6. DESKTOP: The screen
you see first when your
computer turns on.


7. DIALOGUE BOX: A
window that pops up and
asks you questions.

8. DISK DRIVE: The place
where you put your disk so
that you can save files on it.

9. DISKS: Where you save
your work, like recording on
a video tape.

10. DOCUMENT: Anything you
create in Microsoft Word is
called a document.

11. FILE: a piece of
computer information such
as a document or part of a
computer program.

12. FOLDER: Just like a file
folder in a filing cabinet, a
file is where documents
(letters, spreadsheets, etc.)
are kept.
13. FONT: The way letters
and words look.

14. FORMAT: Changing the
way that text looks on the
page.

THIS is formatted.
This is not formatted.
15. HARDWARE: All the
parts of the computer that
you can touch: the monitor,
CPU, printer, mouse, and
keyboard.

16. HARD DRIVE: the place
inside your computer where
programs and files are
stored.

17. HIGHLIGHT/SELECTING:
Click and drag across a
word or sentence to
highlight it. When it is
highlighted you can make
changes to it.

18. ICON: Symbols or
pictures that you can click
on to perform an action.
Each program has its own
icon.

19. ITALICS: A font style
that slants words to the
right.

20. KEYBOARD: Like a
typewriter, its where you
type and enter numbers. It
is one way to tell the
computer what you want it
to do.


21. MENU BAR: The words at
the top of the screen. Click
on these words and you
see menus of other things
you can do.



22. MENU: A list of other
things you can do. You see
a menu when you click on
one of the words on the
Menu Bar.

23. MICROSOFT WORD: A
word-processing program
for typing letters, resumes,
school papers and more.


24. : MONITOR: Your
computers screen

25. MOUSE: The tool you
can use tell the computer
what to do. For example
you can open programs and
files by clicking or double
clicking.

26. OPEN: A command on
the File Menu that brings
files onto the screen so that
you can see them.


27. POINT: The size of text.
12 point 16 point 24 point
28. PROGRAMS: Another
word for software or
applications.

29. SCREEN SAVER: A
design on the screen that
turns on if you dont use
your computer for a few
minutes.


30. SCROLL BARS: The bars
on the sides of the screen
that allow you to move up
or down the page.

31. SPREADSHEET:
Organizes information into
rows and columns and
often uses math and
numbers.

32. TOOL BARS: The bars
across the top of the screen
that have icons you click on
to do different things.

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