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⇧
Shift Key
⇪
Caps Lock Key
⌃
Control Key
⌘
Command Key
⌘ ⇧ N
Create New Folder
⌘ ⇧S
Save As: under a new name
⌘ ⌥ W
Closes All windows
⌘ C
Copy
⌘ D
Duplicates File selected on desktop
⌘ M
Minimizes Window to Dock
⌘ N
Creates New File
⌘ O
Opens a File
⌘ Q
Quits program; frees up RAM
⌘ S
Save File
⌘ W
Closes Top window
⌘⇧4
Select area for Screen Shot
⌘⇧Delete
Empty the Trash
⌘A
Select All
⌘C
Copy
⌘D on desktop with a highlighted file
Duplicate the file
⌘Delete
Moves file to Trash
⌘F
Find on hard disk
⌘H
Hide window of front application
⌘I
Get Information, shows size of a file
⌘R
Show/Hide Ruler
⌘V
Paste
⌘X
Cut
⌘Z
Undo last command
⌥
Option
⌥⌘⇧V
Paste and match formatting
2 Types of Displays
LCD and Retina
Access Time
Performance speed of a hard drive or other device
Activate a highlighted button
Return or Enter
Active Programs
Have dot under them in Dock; currently in RAM
Application
A program in which you do your work
Applications Folder
Where Applications are stored
Bit
Smallest piece of memory storage = 0 or 1
Boot
Start up a computer
Browse Buttons
Allow forward or back browse online
Bug
Error causes program to behave unexpectedly
Byte
8 bit = one letter
Cache
RAM used for processing more efficiently
CD
650 MB
Click on name of folder then hit Return
To change Folder Name
Clock Rate (MHz)
Processing speed measured in millions of cycles per second (MHz)
Clipboard
Where copied items are stored
Red Button
Closes the file
Yellow Button
Minimizes window to the Dock
Column View
List view with small icons & hierarchy
Compression
Reduces file size by elimination of redundancies
Control Click Rulers
Change the Ruler units
Gallery View
Large icon at top, small icons in row
CPU
Central Processing Unit. Processor: "brain" of computer
Crash
OS malfunction: computer freezes & must be restarted.
Cursor
Arrow shaped pointer, moved by mouse or trackpad
Data
(Plural of datum) information processed by a computer
Dialog Box
Screen message: computer needs more information to complete a command.
Digitize
Convert analogue data to digital data for computer use
Dock
Bar with frequently accessed programs
Document vs. Application
A file vs. a program
Disk
Spinning optically etched material platter for data storage
Disk Drive
Component to write data to/from disk to motherboard
Disk window
Displays the contents or directory of a disk
Document
File you create, as opposed to the application used
DOS
Disk Operating System - used in IBM PCs.
DPI
Dots Per Inch - gauge of clarity on printed page or screen
Download
Transfer data from one computer to another.
Drag
Move the mouse while holding down its button.
Driver
File telling how to recognize add-on equipment (printer)
Drag Area
Either side of Title Bar
Drag Bar
Next to title bar
DVD
4.4 GB
Ethernet
Faster than Wireless
Expansion Slot
Area allowing plugin of a board to provide enhancement.
FLOPS
Floating Point Operations Per Second
File
Document or other computer data.
Floppy
3.5-inch square rigid disk to hold data.
Folders
Container to organize documents and images
Font
Typeface
Font Sites
FontSquirrel, DaFont, 1001Fonts
Force Quit
⌘ ⇧ ⌥ Esc
Fragmentation
Breaking up of a file into separate locations on a disk.
Freeze
System error, causes cursor to lock in place
Gigabyte
1000 (1024) Megabytes
Gigaflops, Teraflops, Petraflops
How chip speed is measured
Green Button
Maximizes window to fit screen; esc turns it off
GUI
Graphic User Interface (mouse based)
Hard Disk
Multiple disks in a rigid case;Terabytes
Hard Drive
Where OS, Applications and files are stored
Highlight
Select by dragging over in a document
Hz
Abbreviation for hertz, number of cycles per second, measures clock speed
Icon
Graphic symbol for an application, file or folder.
Initialize
To format a disk for computer use; creates a new directory & tracks for recording of data.
Insertion point
Short flashing marker indicates where typing will begin
Installer
Software to install a program on your hard drive.
How in inches are monitors measured?
Diagonally
How to get out of Maximize view
esc button
Icon View
Displays visuals of files, folders
Kilobyte KB
1024 Bytes
Landscape
Horizontal page orientation