Tech Terms
Software
Hardware
Web 2.0
Programs
100
An electronic signal that is either on or off and represented by a 1 or 0.
What is a bit.
100

This is the name of the place where all your Google files are stored.

What is Drive

100
The part of the hardware of your computer that stores all your programs and files.
What is the hard drive.
100
A way of sending messages from one computer to another.
What is e-mail.
100

The program you would use to create a document like a letter or report.

What is Google Docs/Microsoft Word

200

The address on a website located on the world wide web.

What is URL or Uniform Resource Locator.

200

Name of Microsoft's operating system

What is Windows
200
The piece of computer hardware that is the brains of the computer.
What is the CPU or processor.
200
A website usually maintained by an individual with regular entries.
What is a blog.
200

The program you would use to make a slide show.

What is Google Slides/Microsoft Power Point

300
Receiving information from another person's computer over a network and saving it on your own hard drive.
What is download.
300

The name of the image capturing application on your school computer

What is Snagit

300

An expansion card which generates a feed of images to a display device

What is a graphics card

300

The standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser.

What is HTML

300
Used to create surveys, quizzes or questionnaires.

What is Google Forms

400
The blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character goes.
What is the cursor.
400

The name of two different operating systems.

What is Windows and Mac.

400

Your computer's short-term memory.

What is RAM or Random Access Memory.

400

A software application for accessing information on the World Wide Web.

What is a web browser

400
A box where a column and row intersect in a spreadsheet.
What is a cell.
500
A software program that allows you to explore the World Wide Web.
What is a browser
500
The name of the browser you use in the computer lab.
What is Internet Explorer.
500

An output device that displays information in pictorial form

What is computer monitor

500

An information retrieval system designed to help find information

What is a search engine

500

The program you would use to create a spreadsheet.

What is Google Sheets/Microsoft Word

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