hardware screen; displays your text, graphics
MONITOR
opening background area of your screen
DESKTOP
press when you want all uppercase letters
CAPS LOCK
a group of software applications put out by Microsoft
MS OFFICE SUITE
world wide network of computers
INTERNET
hand held hardware used to move or select items on a screen
MOUSE
A location in which you can store YOUR files and other folders
FOLDER
to remove characters to the RIGHT, active icons, frames
DELETE
a program from Microsoft that controls the overall activity of your computer
WINDOWS
vertical position of your document
PORTRAIT
hardware that produces paper copy of information from a computer
PRINTER
a picture representing a program, disk drive, file, folder, or other item
ICON
press to start a new paragraph or tell the computer to carry out a command
ENTER
word processing application; in office suite
MS WORD
horizontal position of your document?
LANDSCAPE
hardware that allows you to enter information onto your computer
KEYBOARD
flashing symobl that shows where the information you enter will appear
CURSOR
to remove characters to the LEFT
BACKSPACE
spreadsheet/graph application; in office suite
MS EXCEL
A device, such as a printer, video display, or speaker, that presents data from a computer to a user.
OUTPUT DEVICES
integrated circuit that contains the entire central processing unit of a computer on a single chip
CPU/Microprocessor
program files that perform tasks (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access)
APPLICATION
a combinaton of keys that lets you do something quickly
SHORTCUT
multimedia (slides, sound...) application; in office suite
MS POWER POINT
hardware that stores data: hard drive, flash drive, CD ROM, RAM etc...
MEMORY DEVICE