CLB Lesson 8: Software Usage

3. A file that copies itself and triggers computer code to infect your computer.
7. In a database, a request for specific data that meets set criteria.
8. Software that monitors your computing actions, usually while you are online, to collect information about you.
10. A segment of a video or other media.
11. A file system error that occurs if the operating system loses track of which clusters contain the data that belongs to a particular file.
13. A special type of 3D graphics software used by professional designers to create models of products, buildings, and other objects.
15. A program that runs repetitive tasks.
16. A group of related fields in a database table.
18. A collection of related data organized into tables for rapid search and retrieval.
19. A type of file compression that permanently removes data identified as unnecessary in the file.
20. A predefined formula that names a function instead of using operators to perform common calculations.

1. A type of file compression that reconstructs the original file without losing any data.
2. In desktop publishing software, a movable rectangular area on a page in which you enter text and graphics.
4. A sector on a disk that does not record data reliably.
5. A field that uniquely identifies each record in a table.
6. A way to explore how changing numbers and other values such as dates affects calculated results.
9. A block of 512 bytes in a track on a disk.
12. Related applications that are bundles together in a single software package.
14. In Access, a single characteristic of a person, place, thing, or event.
17. A set of rules a program follows in calculations or other problem-solving steps.
19. A pre-set arrangement for slide content, including text and graphics that provide placeholders in which you can enter and edit text in formats that audiences can view and read easily.
20. A mathematical equation using numbers and cell references to perform calculations.
21. Each part of a file stored in a sector.