Computer Basics
An application/program used to access and view websites
What is a Browser?
What is the middle rotating button on the mouse used for?
What is scrolling?
The size and style of letters
What is Font?
Group of interconnected computers designed to share resources and information; like devices link at home.
What is a Network?
Diagonal measurement of a computer screen; common sizes are 13", 15", 24" and 27"
What is a screen size?
What's it called when data comes out of a computer; like read from storage
What is Output?
Keys on the computer keyboard used to type capital letters
What is Shift?
A style of text that makes a
letter or word darker and thicker to
stand out in a document.
What is Bold?
Clickable pointer to another web page; usually shows as underlined text
What is a Hyperlink?
A custom and personal experience offered by a website when a person enters their email and password
What is a user account?
What is it called when you enter data into a computer; like pressing #2 on an elevator
What is Input?
Press a computer mouse button twice in quickly
What is Double-Click?
A bar at the top of the document that has tools used for styling
What is a Toolbar?
A virus, trojan horse, ransomware, spyware, and adware are all types of this malicious software
What is Malware?
The smallest piece of an image that a computer is capable of displaying; looks like a square
What is a Pixel?
The primary component of a computer that processes instructions; the computer's brain
What is the CPU?
A mark on screen computer that's moved by the mouse; controls Input
What is the Cursor?
Two buttons on the toolbar that act like a time machine; they let you go backward and forward over a document's history
What is a undo and redo?
Software dedicated to help find things on the World Wide Web
What is a Search Engine?
A linked network of networks around the world for sharing information; often thought to be the same as the world wide web (which sits on it)
What is the Internet?
The short term memory of the computer that holds software programs and data during processing
What is RAM?
On the keyboard, the keys A, S, D, F, J, K, L, and ; used in the QWERTY keyboard, used for touch typing
What is the Home Row?
A group premade documents with different styles and dummy data useful for different purposes
What are Templates?
The name of an address of a website that can be inputted in a web browser; and example is https://google.com
What is the URL?
An attempt used to confuse (lure or bait) the user into clicking on their ad, sending information
What is Phishing?