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- 2. Can be represented by a range of symbols, usually round dots, which are used to set apart points in paragraph style.
- 4. merge The process of merging a main document with a data source to produce form letters
- 5. Programs: a series of instructions that tell the computer hardware what to do; can also be the interface between the user and the computer system.
- 6. The process of asking a question of a database. Queries are used to view, change, and analyse data in different ways
- 8. Notation that you create to list sites you visit often or would like to quickly return to.
- 10. Software applications that expand a browser’s basic capabilities by becoming extensions of the browser itself.
- 11. An organised collection of related information.
- 12. Hardware devices which are attached to the computer eg printer, speakers, scanner etc.
- 16. Allows the user to reverse the last action performed.
- 18. The name of a particular Internet site.
- 20. Files that are sent separately from, but attached to, an e-mail message.
- 21. Blind Carbon Copy A recipient of an email that no other recipient knows about. Useful when you have a list of email addresses that you want to keep confidential.
- 24. Processing Unit A chip or chips on the mainboard containing the control unit and the arithmetic/logic unit, that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate a computer.
- 25. The process of taking (exporting) data from an application, i.e. a database, and placing it into another application, i.e. a spreadsheet
- 26. A process where the words in a document are matched against a list of words in a dictionary. If a word in the document does not match one, it is signalled as a spelling error.
- 27. All the characters in a particular typeface.
- 30. The process of bringing (importing) data into an application which has been exported from another application
- 33. The act of copying information from a distant computer to your local computer.
- 35. reference A cell or range reference that automatically adjusts to the new location in the worksheet when the formula is copied.
- 36. text Offers a way to store and quickly insert text, graphics, fields, tables, bookmarks, and other items that you use frequently.
- 39. To locate the cause of trouble and removes, fixes or treats it.
- 42. Electronic mail: messages that are sent and received electronically.
- 43. The etiquette rules of the Internet.
- 45. A facility, which allows the user to make columns with or without borders, can be used instead of tabulating.
- 47. A predefined formula that performs calculations by using specific values, called arguments
- 50. A toolbar contain buttons with that can be clicked to provide a shortcut to tasks.
- 51. align All text aligns to the left hand side of the document
- 52. A person who illegally gains access to computer systems.
- 53. The location where browsers keep a copy of recently visited pages.
- 56. reference A cell or range reference in a formula whose location remains the same (absolute) when copied.
- 58. Operating systems and applications use a general system call to operate hardware devices. The driver is a software routine that translates it into the specific instructions needed to control the hardware device.
- 59. Two or more computers connected together for the sharing of resources such as printers and drives.
Down
- 1. A rude or inflammatory e-mail message.
- 3. Software you can use free of charge for a trial period, usually 30 days, after which time you are expected to pay for the program.
- 7. wrap When your text reaches the right-hand margin in a document it automatically starts on the next line.
- 9. Computerized worksheet on which text, numbers and formulas can be entered for fast, accurate calculations.
- 13. The orientation of the document when printed; wider than it is long.
- 14. To copy files to another media as a precautionary measure, in case the first media fails
- 15. A program that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs without your consent. Most viruses can also replicate themselves
- 17. Paragraph alignment: left, centre, right or fully justified.
- 19. A spreadsheet file containing one or more worksheets
- 22. Text files that visited Web sites store on you computer’s hard disk.
- 23. engine A tool to help locate information on the Internet.
- 28. A facility in operating system to store items of text or graphics when they have been cut or copied, so they can be pasted to a different location.
- 29. A sheet within a spreadsheet workbook; used for displaying rows and columns of figures and labels
- 30. The location where new e-mail messages arrive.
- 31. switching The process where packets of data are transferred over the Internet via different paths.
- 32. The orientation of the document when printed; longer than it is wide.
- 34. point The flashing vertical bar that indicates where the text will be entered; the current position.
- 37. With reference to printing is the physical port on PC the printing device is connected to.
- 38. server A computer configured to accept print requests from other computers over the network and may send the resulting print jobs over the network to a physical printer.
- 40. The physical components of the computer system eg keyboard, mouse, speakers etc.
- 41. The rectangles created at the intersection of columns and rows.
- 44. A document that can be used as a pattern for creating other similar documents.
- 46. To change the look of a document, text, graphics, characters.
- 48. Contains the Start button, the clock and currently running tasks.
- 49. An equation that performs operations on worksheet data.
- 54. page The main or introductory Web page for a site.
- 55. Wide Web: documents that reside on computers on the Internet.
- 57. A software program that translates and allows you to view HTML files.