Common Computer Terms

12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243
Across
  1. 1. The rectangles created at the intersection of columns and rows.
  2. 5. The location where new e-mail messages arrive.
  3. 10. Hardware devices which are attached to the computer eg printer, speakers, scanner etc.
  4. 12. A spreadsheet file containing one or more worksheets
  5. 13. An organised collection of related information.
  6. 15. A software program that translates and allows you to view HTML files.
  7. 16. Allows the user to reverse the last action performed.
  8. 18. The name of a particular Internet site.
  9. 19. A cell or range reference in a formula whose location remains the same (absolute) when copied.
  10. 21. The etiquette rules of the Internet.
  11. 24. Paragraph alignment: left, centre, right or fully justified.
  12. 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.
  13. 27. The orientation of the document when printed; wider than it is long.
  14. 30. The main or introductory Web page for a site.
  15. 31. 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.
  16. 32. A predefined formula that performs calculations by using specific values, called arguments
  17. 34. The physical components of the computer system eg keyboard, mouse, speakers etc.
  18. 35. Two or more computers connected together for the sharing of resources such as printers and drives.
  19. 38. When your text reaches the right-hand margin in a document it automatically starts on the next line.
  20. 40. A document that can be used as a pattern for creating other similar documents.
  21. 42. Can be represented by a range of symbols, usually round dots, which are used to set apart points in paragraph style.
  22. 43. All the characters in a particular typeface.
Down
  1. 2. 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.
  2. 3. Contains the Start button, the clock and currently running tasks.
  3. 4. Text files that visited Web sites store on you computer’s hard disk.
  4. 6. Computerized worksheet on which text, numbers and formulas can be entered for fast, accurate calculations.
  5. 7. The process of asking a question of a database. Queries are used to view, change, and analyse data in different ways
  6. 8. Notation that you create to list sites you visit often or would like to quickly return to.
  7. 9. The process of merging a main document with a data source to produce form letters
  8. 11. engine A tool to help locate information on the Internet.
  9. 14. The process of taking (exporting) data from an application, i.e. a database, and placing it into another application, i.e. a spreadsheet
  10. 17. The act of copying information from a distant computer to your local computer.
  11. 19. Files that are sent separately from, but attached to, an e-mail message.
  12. 20. To locate the cause of trouble and removes, fixes or treats it.
  13. 22. To change the look of a document, text, graphics, characters.
  14. 23. The location where browsers keep a copy of recently visited pages.
  15. 25. 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.
  16. 28. The orientation of the document when printed; longer than it is wide.
  17. 29. A facility, which allows the user to make columns with or without borders, can be used instead of tabulating.
  18. 32. An equation that performs operations on worksheet data.
  19. 33. A program that is loaded onto your computer without your knowledge and runs without your consent. Most viruses can also replicate themselves
  20. 36. The process of bringing (importing) data into an application which has been exported from another application
  21. 37. Software applications that expand a browser’s basic capabilities by becoming extensions of the browser itself.
  22. 39. With reference to printing is the physical port on PC the printing device is connected to.
  23. 41. A toolbar contain buttons with that can be clicked to provide a shortcut to tasks.