What is the device that allows a person to type letters and numbers into the computer?
Keyboard
100
What is a collection of computer programs and related data that provides the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it?
Software
100
What is a paper printout of what you have prepared on the computer?
Hard copy
100
What are symbols or illustrations appearing on the computer screen that indicate program files or other computer functions.
Icons (Sometimes called "short-cuts")
100
What is electronic mail such as messages and letters sent between computers that can be accessed across the school or around the world?
email
200
What is piece of equipment that you use to control commands and actions on the computer with a finger click?
Mouse
200
What is software that makes it possible to look for information on the Internet?
Search Engine (Yahoo!, Google, Internet Explorer)
200
What is data that goes into a computer device?
Input
200
What is it called to start up a computer?
Boot
200
What is the process of transferring information from a web site to your computer?
Download
300
What is the brain of the computer called?
C.P.U. - Central Processing Unit
300
What is Software created by people who are willing to give it away free?
Freeware
300
What is data that comes out of a computer device, such as sound from a speaker?
Output
300
What is a menu window that opens vertically or horizontally on-screen to display context-related options.
Pop up menu or drop down menu
300
What is a set of information that is stored in the computer?
File
400
What is a small, lightweight, portable battery-powered computer that can fit onto your lap?
Laptop/notebook/netbook
400
What is a series of instructions written in a computer language that tells the computer what to do and how to do it?
A computer program
400
The computer monitor takes information and displays it on the screen for you to look at. Is the monitor and input or output device?
Output device
400
What is another name for "exploring the Internet"?
"Surfing" the Web
400
What is an unauthorized piece of computer code attached to a computer program that secretly copies itself from one computer to another and can destroy information stored on the computer?
Computer Virus
500
What is an electronic device that uses light-sensing equipment to take a picture of paper images such as text, photos, and illustrations and translate the images into signals that the computer can then store, send to others in an email?
Scanner
500
What type of software do you use to write reports for school?
Microsoft Word Processing
500
Is a digital camera an input or output device?
Input device because the camera takes pictures that can be put into the computer. The pictures become information inside the computer.
500
What is a system of interconnected computers, such as all of the computers here at FCDS?
Network
500
What is a set of security programs that protect a computer from outside interference or access via the Internet.