Network
This is a system of computers and other electronics that connect up together to make a vast network.
What is the World Wide Web, or Web.
This is the hand held device that can move the cursor around the screen and select items.
What is a mouse?
This is what you click to re-download a page that is already displayed. Sometimes for updating the page.
What is refresh or reload?
This type software lets people look at the internet.
What is a browser?
This is the first step in any research process.
What is defining the task or creating the question?
This is multiple computers under the same network and protocol.
What is a domain?
This is the part of the hardware system that allows a user to see and interact with the software, the internet, and anything inside the computer.
What is the monitor? (Half credit for "What is the screen?")
This is the introductory page of a website.
What is a Home Page?
A word, phrase, picture or icon in a computer document on which a user must click in order to move to another part of the document, or another page or site. it is often blue.
What is a hyperlink?
This is what it is called when you put where you got your information, including title, author, publication information, etc.
What is Cite your source?
This is a code that identifies a device on a network.
What is an IP address?
This piece of hardware allows the user to input text into the system.
What is the keyboard?
This is what it is called when a piece of electronic mail or messaging is sent from its recipient on to someone else.
What is forwarding?
This is the official name for a the website locator - it goes in the address bar.
What is the URL or Uniform Resource Locator?
This is the process for deciding whether to use a resource for a particular purpose, whether it is current, reliable, valid, trustworthy, how it biased, etc.
What is evaluation
This action takes a digital document or other file that is stored on the internet and copies it to a device such as a computer or phone.
What is download?
This device allows what is digitally represented on the computer to be represented on paper.
What is a printer?
Clicking on this icon allows the user to reverse the last action performed.
What is undo?
These are small pieces of information left by websites on a computer so that the website can recall typed information and track user's use.
What are cookies?
This is the name for the list of sources used for a research project. Even though a lot of the sources might be electronic, it has the Latin word for book in it.
What is a bibliography?
This action takes a file on a device such as a computer an copies it to a location on a network.
What is upload?
This device enables items on paper and other media to be converted to a digital format and put onto a computer or other equipment.
What is a scanner?
This is a record of previous user inputs or websites.
What is browser history?
This is malicious code that can damage software and hardware that can be accidentally opened by a computer user if not careful.
What is a virus or malware?
The purpose of any research.
What is, Answer a Question?