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100What does CPU stand for? or What is the full name of the CPU?
Central Processing Unit
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100What is a computer speaker?
This computer output device allows the user to hear sound from the computer.
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100What is the intranet or worldwide web?
millions of computers around the world connected together.
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100What is the function, CUT?
to remove text and/or images from a document that will be available to be pasted into another location.
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100What is address bar in a web browser?
the place a user enters the Universal Resource Locator or URL
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200What is the Central Processing Unit (CPU)?
This computer part is often called the "Brains" of the computer and is responsible for getting instructions from the computer's memory, executing program instruction, reading information from input devices, and sending information to output devices.
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200What is the computer printer?
This output device provides physical information created on the computer.
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200What is a web browser?
an application or program used to access the internet.
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200What is the function, COPY?
to create a copy of text and/or images that will be available to paste into another location, leaving the original text/ image in the same place within the original document
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200What is a hyperlink?
a "link" that you click on to go to a new website, new document, or section of a document and can be either text (with a blue underscore) or an image
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300What is the computer keyboard?
This input device allows the user to enter letters, numbers, and symbols into the computer.
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300What is a digital camera?
or
What is a webcam?
This input device allows the user to take photographs to be viewed and stored digitally.
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300What is the cursor?
an arrow or blinking line that tells the user where on the screen you are working
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300What is the function, PASTE?
to insert text and/or images into a new location after cutting or copying selected text and/or images.
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300What is the Universal Resource Locator or URL?
the address of a website
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400What is the computer mouse.
This input device allows the user to make selections and view menus.
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400What is a digital video camera?
or
What is a webcam?
This input device allows the user to capture video that can be stored and viewed digitally.
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400What is an icon?
A picture that represents a program/application and that is clicked to open a program
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400What is the scroll bar?
a bar that appears on the side or bottom of a window to control which part of the list, image, or document us currently being viewed within the window's frame on the screen.
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400What is the tool bar?
a row of icons that activate commands or functions for a specific program or application
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500What is the screen on the monitor?
This output device allows users to view the computer.
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500What are the keyboard keys?
The formal name for the buttons on a keyboard.
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500What is Computer Network?
a group of computers and/or other digital devices that are linked together to serve a specific place or need.
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500What is a server?
a computer program that provides services to other computer programs
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500What is to right click?
to push a button on the right side of the computer mouse in order to view a menu or list of option within a program or application
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