Software/Hardware
A series of instructions directing a computer to preform a task. Examples are MS Word, Calculator, Chess, Solitaire
software/program/application
This is your built in web browser. It enables you to access the internet.
Safari
This is your built in web browser. It enables you to access the internet.
Microsoft Edge
This is the preferred word processing program for Chromebook.
Google Docs
Allows you to change the way the shape of the letters look in your document.
Font
This is a type of file storage located on the internet. One drive, iCloud, Dropbox are examples
cloud storage
This is where common apps are usually stored at the bottom of your screen.
dock
This is where common apps are usually stored at the bottom of your screen.
taskbar
This is where you locate files on a Chromebook.
Files app
This changes the direction of your documents’ layout.
Orientation
This is where ALL your data and files are stored on your computer
hard drive
This is where you can find other settings and sleep or shut down your computer. It is located on the top left of the screen.
Apple menu
This is where you can find other apps/settings and sleep or shut down your computer. It is located on the bottom left of the screen.
Start menu
This is where you can find all your apps. It is located on the bottom left of the screen.
Launcher
This is the collection of tools and features at the top of the screen. It contains tabs like layout and insert.
The Ribbon
This is what accesses your CURRENTLY running programs
RAM/Memory
This is where you locate files on a Mac.
Finder
This is the preferred word processing program for Windows.
Microsoft Word
This is where you can find other settings and sleep or shut down your computer. It is located on the bottom right of the screen.
Status tray
This is how you line up your text to the right side of the page.
Right alignment
This reads data, runs programs, everything you do on your computer uses this
Processor/CPU
Every application/program has this on a Mac. It is located on the top left of the screen when the application is running.
Menu bar
This is where you locate files on a Windows computer.
File Explorer
This is where apps are stored usually at the bottom of the screen.
Shelf
This is how you create a sub-list/multilevel list within a numbered or bulleted list.
Press tab