Common Computer Terms

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