Computer Terms # 1

3. - to transfer data from the internet to the computer.
5. - The pointer, usually arrow or cross shaped, which is controlled by the mouse.
9. - a file you create, as opposed to the application which created it.
11. - first thing you see in your computer.
12. - Stores Data (information) a way to move more data from one computer to another.
15. - to move the mouse while its button is being depressed.
17. - to start up a computer.

1. - an electronic subdirectory which contains files.
2. - a typeface that contains the characters of an alphabet or some other letterforms.
3. - the machinery that writes the data from a disk and/or writes data to a disk.
4. - the generic word for an application, document, control panel or other computer data.
6. - Electronic device for storing and processing data.
7. - the smallest piece of information used by the computer.
8. - The processing chip that is the "brains" of a computer.
10. - an acronym for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory.
11. - a pop-up box that requires additional information before completing a command.
13. - is a collection of data or information.
14. - When Computers are provided with wireless connection to share information & data.
16. - can be text and/or numbers, example: names, dates, places, addresses.