Basic Computer Terms

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Shift Key

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Caps Lock Key

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Control Key

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Command Key

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⌘ ⇧ N

Create New Folder

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⌘ ⇧S

Save As: under a new name

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⌘ ⌥ W

Closes All windows

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⌘ C

Copy

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⌘ D

Duplicates File selected on desktop

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⌘ M

Minimizes Window to Dock

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⌘ N

Creates New File

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⌘ O

Opens a File

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⌘ Q

Quits program; frees up RAM

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⌘ S

Save File

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⌘ W

Closes Top window

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⌘⇧4

Select area for Screen Shot

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⌘⇧Delete

Empty the Trash

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⌘A

Select All

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⌘C

Copy

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⌘D on desktop with a highlighted file

Duplicate the file

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⌘Delete

Moves file to Trash

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⌘F

Find on hard disk

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⌘H

Hide window of front application

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⌘I

Get Information, shows size of a file

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⌘R

Show/Hide Ruler

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⌘V

Paste

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⌘X

Cut

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⌘Z

Undo last command

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Option

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⌥⌘⇧V

Paste and match formatting

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2 Types of Displays

LCD and Retina

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Access Time

Performance speed of a hard drive or other device

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Activate a highlighted button

Return or Enter

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Active Programs

Have dot under them in Dock; currently in RAM

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Application

A program in which you do your work

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Applications Folder

Where Applications are stored

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Bit

Smallest piece of memory storage = 0 or 1

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Boot

Start up a computer

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Browse Buttons

Allow forward or back browse online

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Bug

Error causes program to behave unexpectedly

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Byte

8 bit = one letter

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Cache

RAM used for processing more efficiently

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CD

650 MB

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Click on name of folder then hit Return

To change Folder Name

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Clock Rate (MHz)

Processing speed measured in millions of cycles per second (MHz)

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Clipboard

Where copied items are stored

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Red Button

Closes the file

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Yellow Button

Minimizes window to the Dock

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Column View

List view with small icons & hierarchy

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Compression

Reduces file size by elimination of redundancies

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Control Click Rulers

Change the Ruler units

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Gallery View

Large icon at top, small icons in row

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CPU

Central Processing Unit. Processor: "brain" of computer

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Crash

OS malfunction: computer freezes & must be restarted.

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Cursor

Arrow shaped pointer, moved by mouse or trackpad

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Data

(Plural of datum) information processed by a computer

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Dialog Box

Screen message: computer needs more information to complete a command.

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Digitize

Convert analogue data to digital data for computer use

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Dock

Bar with frequently accessed programs

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Document vs. Application

A file vs. a program

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Disk

Spinning optically etched material platter for data storage

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Disk Drive

Component to write data to/from disk to motherboard

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Disk window

Displays the contents or directory of a disk

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Document

File you create, as opposed to the application used

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DOS

Disk Operating System - used in IBM PCs.

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DPI

Dots Per Inch - gauge of clarity on printed page or screen

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Download

Transfer data from one computer to another.

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Drag

Move the mouse while holding down its button.

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Driver

File telling how to recognize add-on equipment (printer)

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Drag Area

Either side of Title Bar

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Drag Bar

Next to title bar

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DVD

4.4 GB

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Ethernet

Faster than Wireless

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Expansion Slot

Area allowing plugin of a board to provide enhancement.

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FLOPS

Floating Point Operations Per Second

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File

Document or other computer data.

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Floppy

3.5-inch square rigid disk to hold data.

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Folders

Container to organize documents and images

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Font

Typeface

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Font Sites

FontSquirrel, DaFont, 1001Fonts

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Force Quit

⌘ ⇧ ⌥ Esc

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Fragmentation

Breaking up of a file into separate locations on a disk.

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Freeze

System error, causes cursor to lock in place

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Gigabyte

1000 (1024) Megabytes

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Gigaflops, Teraflops, Petraflops

How chip speed is measured

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Green Button

Maximizes window to fit screen; esc turns it off

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GUI

Graphic User Interface (mouse based)

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Hard Disk

Multiple disks in a rigid case;Terabytes

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Hard Drive

Where OS, Applications and files are stored

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Highlight

Select by dragging over in a document

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Hz

Abbreviation for hertz, number of cycles per second, measures clock speed

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Icon

Graphic symbol for an application, file or folder.

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Initialize

To format a disk for computer use; creates a new directory & tracks for recording of data.

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Insertion point

Short flashing marker indicates where typing will begin

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Installer

Software to install a program on your hard drive.

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How in inches are monitors measured?

Diagonally

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How to get out of Maximize view

esc button

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Icon View

Displays visuals of files, folders

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Kilobyte KB

1024 Bytes

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Landscape

Horizontal page orientation