The main input device for computers. They are modeled on typewriter keys but have additional keys that enhance their function.
Keyboard
The quality or state of being anonymous (not named or identified, of unknown authorship).
Anonymity
An email scam in which the solicitor offers large sums of money in return for a smaller upfront investment.
419 Fraud
A command that transfers text or graphics from the clipboard to the document at the location of the cursor.
Paste
A diary or personal journal kept on a website, usually updated frequently, that might be private or might be intended for public viewing.
Blog
The keys or key combinations that provide quick access to frequently performed commands or operations.
Shortcut Keys
A common term used to refer to being connected to the internet.
Online
An application that provides assistance for users who need help by topic.
Help Wizard
Graphics that can be cut and pasted electronically into documents. It can be photographs, maps, diagrams, illustrations or cartoons.
Clip Art
The recognition and understanding of the states of mind, beliefs, desires, and particularity, emotions of others. It is often characterized as the ability to experience the outlook or emotions of another.
Empathy
A relevant keyword or term associated with or assigned to, a piece of information - picture, article or video clip, etc. which describes the content and makes keyword-based classification possible.
Tag
The online learning space where students and instructors interact.
Virtual Classroom
Involves the use of information and communication technologies to support deliberate, repeated and hostile behavior by an individual or group that is intended to harm others.
Cyberbulling
The background area on a computer screen which usually contains an icon for the hard drive and trash can (used to remove files). Folders, files, applications and a working document may also appear on this window.
Desktop
An online seminar or meeting conducted over the World Wide Web.
Webinar
The primary way to navigate between web pages and among websites. These on web pages have been expanded to include hyperlinks from text, a picture or a graphic and from image maps.
Hypertext
A secondary web browser window of varying size, often containing a form of advertising, which opens outside of the primary web browser window.
Pop-ups
Term for the criminal act of stealing personal information with the intent to use it to create similar identities without the victim's knowledge.
Identity Theft
The layout, presentation or arrangement of data on a screen or paper. May also refer to filename or type of file.
Formats
A meeting place on the internet for people who share common interest. These can be open to anyone or limited to members only. Some have a moderator.
Online Community
An instructional technique. Students list K = What I know, W = What I want to know and L = What I learned. In early grades, activity is conducted as a group.
KWL Chart
An application used to view World Wide Web pages. Firefox and Internet Explorer are examples of this.
Web Browser
In the context of instructional technology, this is often used to refer to the equal availability of technology to all students regardless of socioeconomic status, culture, locale, gender, age or race.
Equity
The primary storage device for a computer. Also called hard disk. It is where applications and files are stored.
Hard Drive
The practice of convincing someone to divulge confidential information they normally would not provide to a stranger. The purpose of this is to gather the information needed to steal a victim's money or identity.
Phishing