Fundamentals of Information Technology Midterm Study guide m

File Management

System of organization to keep track of folders and files on a computer, external drive or cloud service

File Explorer

Windows file manager application that you use to create folders and move files from one folder to another

Internet

A global collection of millions of computers linked together to share information

Intranet

A private network for use by authorized individuals

Operating System

A computer program that manages the complete operation of your computer or mobile device and lets you interact with it

Encryption

A security method of "scrambling" information as it is transmitted over a network. Information is scrambled in such a way that it cannot be read unless the user possesses the "key" to unlock it back to a readable format.

Email

Messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or more recipients via a network.

Paragraph Formatting

The process of changing the appearance of a paragraph on-screen and in print

Character Formatting

The process of changing the way characters appear on the screen and in print

Purpose of Font options

Defines the appearance and shape of the letters, numbers, and special characters

Undo button

A button on the Quick Access toolbar that you can click to undo (or reverse) your last action.

Redo button

Located on the quick access toolbar to reverse your most recent undo

Copying

The process of selecting text or object and placing a copy of the selected items on the office clipboard, leaving the item in its original location in the document

Pasting

The process of placing an item stored on the office clipboard in the document at the location on the insertion point.

Backspace

Press the _________ key to erase to the LEFT of the insertion point

Delete

Press the ________ key to erase to the RIGHT of the insertion point

Folder

A named location on a storage medium that usually contains related documents

Cloud Storage

Storing electronic files on the internet, not on a local computer; often called storing data "in the cloud"

Public Domain

Creative work that's not copyrighted and therefore free for you to use whenever you want.

Headers

Text, information, pictures, and other objects that print in an area above the top margin on one or more pages in a document.

Footers

Text, information, pictures, and other objects that print in an area below the bottom margin on one or more pages in the document.

Word Count

The number of words in a document or selection.

Automatic Page break (soft page breaks)

Word automatically inserts page breaks at the bottom page

Rules/Guidelines for naming folders

• Keep names short yet descriptive of the folder's contents.

• Create subfolders to organize files.

• Develop standards for naming folders.

File

A collection of information stored on your computer, such as a text document, spreadsheet, photo, and song.

manual page break (hard page break)

A page break that you force into the document at a specific location so that the text following the break begins at the top of the page, whether or not the previous page is full

Purpose of a thesaurus

List alternate word choices

Gesture

A motion you make on a touch screen with the tip of one or more fingers or your hand.

Ex: tap, double tap, press and hold, drag or slide, swipe, stretch, pinch

Lock screen

Appears before you sign into Windows or after your computer has been idle for a certain amount of time, displays the date and time and other information, such as network and battery status

Username

A unique combination of letters or numbers that identifies a specific user to Windows

User icon

An icon id a small image that represents an object and is a picture associated with a username

Creative commons

A nonprofit organization that makes it easy for content creators to license and share their work by supplying easy-to-understand copyright licenses; the creator chooses the conditions under which the work can be used.