ISP - BTT1O

TERM TABLE
Your term table is one of the pages in your Web Portfolio. You are responsible
for finding ALL the definitions for the following terms on your own.
HINT:
Look over past notes, quizzes and assignments. Please write the definitions
in your own words.
TERM

DEFINITION In Your Own Words!!!

1. Computer

Programmable machine that responds to a

certain set of instructions and executes
prerecorded instructions.

2. Desktop

Portrays the system through icons.

3. Icon

Small picture that represents an object or

program.

4. Shortcut

Points to another file or device.

5. Taskbar

Lets you perform operations such as

switching between programs and running
new programs.

6. Wallpaper

Background of desktop.

7. Hardware

Parts of the computer that you can

physically touch

8. Software

Computer instructions.

9. CPU

Central Processing Unit:Brain of the

computer where most calculations take
place.

10.

Modem

Allows a computer to transmit data over, for

example, telephone or cable lines.

11.

Peripheral

External device that is attached to the

computer.

12.

Input Device

The conduit through which data and

instructions enter a computer.

13.

Output Device

Lets you see what the computer has

accomplished.

14.

CD-RW

Allows you to write onto it multiple times.

15.

DVD-R

Can be written on once and viewed many

times.

16.

Byte

A unit of storage capable of holding a single

character.

17.

RAM

Allows data to be read or written in roughly

the same amount of time.

18.

ROM

Prerecorded data that keeps its contents

even when the computer is shut off.

19.

Word Processor

An electric or electronic device/software that

allows the editing of written material

20.

Formatting

Making a digital storage media ready (usually

by the user or reseller) to receive and store
data in a logical manner.

21.

Title bar

Displays the name of the window or software

program being used.

22.

Menu Bar

A horizontal menu that appears on top of a

window.

23.

Font

The style that text appears in.

24.
Portrait
Orientation

When the orientation of a page is taller than

it is wide.

25.
Landscape
Orientation

When the orientation of a page is wider than

it is tall.

26.

Margins

Strips of white space around the edge of

paper.

27.

Indent

Distance, or number of blank spaces used to

separate a paragraph from the left or right
margins.

28.

Bullets

A small graphical element used to highlight

or itemize a list.

29.

Columns

Vertical line of characters extending from the

top to the bottom of the screen.

30.

Justify

Align text along the left and right margins.

31.

Alignment

Arrangement of text or graphics relative to a

margin.

32.
Desktop
Publishing

Using software to combine and rearrange

text and images and creating digital files.

33.

Graphics

Visual presentations on a computer.

34.

Design Elements

Elements that make up a design.

35.

Text Box

A box that you can put various letters and

symbols in.
36.

Text Art

Images created from text and symbols.

37.

Spreadsheet

A sheet of paper that shows accounting or

other data in rows or columns, also is a
computer application that simulates a
physical spreadsheet.

38.

Worksheet

Used to store, manipulate, and show data.

39.

Cell

A box in which you can enter a single piece

of data.

40.

Row

Numbered horizontal groups of cells.

41.

Column

A vertical row of cells, which are identified

usually by letters.

42.

Cell Address

Where a cell is located in relation to where

other cells are located.

43.

Range

A group or block of cells in a worksheet that

have been selected or highlighted.

44.

Label

Any descriptive text placed in a cell.

45.

Value

For number data, value refers to the

numerical quantity of data (e.g, 20. 45). For
logical data, value refers to whether the
state of data is TRUE or FALSE. For text data,
value refers to a word or string entered into
the worksheet

46.

Formula

Expression that defines how one cell relates

to other cells;an equation or expression.

47.
Electronic
Presentation

A presentation using various forms of

multimedia and electronic files.

48.

Slide

A document within a PowerPoint presentation

that contains information. PowerPoint
presentations contain several different slides.

49.

Transition

Movement from one slide to another slide.

50.
Animation
Scheme

Animations/special settings used within a

PowerPoint presentation.

51.
Internet Web
Browser

A program used to access the internet and

visit web pages.

52.

Hyperlink

Links to another place in a document, or to

an entirely new document.

53.

World Wide Web

A system of Internet servers that support

specially formatted documents.

54.

Search Engine

Program used to search for information on

the internet.
55.

E-Mail

Mail that is sent to someone through the

internet.

56.

Netiquette

Proper manners and behavior when using the

internet.

57.

Emoticon

Images or text that is made to show some

sort of emotion.

58.

Domain Name

Name that a website is registered under.

59.

Web Surfing

Visiting and viewing pages on the internet.

60.

Ethics

Whether an action is right or wrong,

61.

Utilitarian View

An ethical view which implies that the end

justifies the means.

62.

Deontology View

Ethical position that judges the morality of an

action based on the action's correspondence
to a rule or rules.

63.

Piracy

Unauthorized copying of software.

64.

Copyright

The legal right granted to someone to things

that they do not own.

65.

Patent

A right granted by the government to make

use of an invention or process for usually 14
years.

66.

Spam

Unwanted junk emails or text.

67.

Virus

A piece of software that runs without your

consent and can cause damage.

68.

Phishing

Scamming someone into thinking that the

sender of an email is a legitimate
organization and tricks them into giving
private information.

69.

Pharming

Scamming someone into giving private

information through domain spoofing.

70.

Ergonomics

Safe practices within a business to ensure

the safety of employees.

71.

RSI

Repetitive Strain Injury, which is produced by

repeating the same small movements many
times.

72.

MSI

Integrated circuit chip(Medium-Scale

integration) that has 100 to 3000 electronic
components per chip.

73.

CSR

Carpal tunnel syndrome, a common form of

Repetitive Strain Injury produced by
repeating the same small movements many

times.
74.

E-Waste

Waste caused by discarding electronic

devices.