Computer Basics
Windows
AB Network
File Storage
The Computer, Cont.
100
What you type on
What is a keyboard
100
The operating system that is used on our school's computers
What is Microsoft Windows
100
The system we use for our e-mail
What is Gmail
100
A way to organize computer files by grouping them together and storing them in the same place
What is a folder
100
The button you click on when you want to close a program window
What is the exit button
200
Device that allows users to navigate and interact with a computer
What is a pointing device
200
The main screen that comes up in Windows
What is the desktop
200
The system we use to check grades, homework, and class announcements
What is Renweb
200
The choice you click when you want to save the file you are working on under a different file name
What is the "save as" button
200
The arrow on the screen that shows where you are moving the mouse
What is the pointer
300
2 or more computers connected together to share data
What is a network
300
Centralized starting point located in lower left corner of the desktop that brings up menus and other options
What is the Start Button
300
These will be in place every week on Renweb by 8:00 a.m. on Monday morning for you to see
What are lesson plans
300
The choice you select when you would like to overwrite the file in the system with the updates you have made
What is the "save" button
300
A small graphic image that represents a file, folder, program, or program shortcut
What is an icon
400
Computer that stores and delivers data to the other computers on the network
What is the server
400
A small framed work area in Windows
What is a window
400
The two places you can go to get your Renweb and Gmail passwords reset
What are the library and the office
400
When you save a file to Google Drive, you are saving it to this
What is the cloud
400
A bar that appears on the edge of a window when there is more content that can appear in the window at its current size
What is a scroll bar
500
The area at the bottom of the Windows screen that contains the Start button as well as program or window buttons for open programs
What is the taskbar
500
Wastebasket icon on the Windows desktop where items are deleted and from which they can be restored
What is the Recycle Bin
500
What it's called when you send a file to someone via e-mail
What is an attachment
500
The place to save your documents when you want to be able to access them from home
What is Google Drive, or "The Cloud"
500
Software that controls the basic operations of the computer
What is an operating system