Computer Skills Week 1-6 Review

Software/Hardware

100

A series of instructions directing a computer to preform a task. Examples are MS Word, Calculator, Chess, Solitaire

software/program/application

200

This is a type of file storage located on the internet. One drive, iCloud, Dropbox are examples

cloud storage

300

This is where ALL your data and files are stored on your computer

hard drive

400

This is what accesses your CURRENTLY running programs

RAM/Memory

500

This reads data, runs programs, everything you do on your computer uses this

Processor/CPU

Mac

100

This is your built in web browser. It enables you to access the internet.

Safari

200

This is where common apps are usually stored at the bottom of your screen.

dock

300

This is where you can find other settings and sleep or shut down your computer. It is located on the top left of the screen.

Apple menu

400

This is where you locate files on a Mac.

Finder

500

Every application/program has this on a Mac. It is located on the top left of the screen when the application is running.

Menu bar

Windows

100

This is your built in web browser. It enables you to access the internet.

Microsoft Edge

200

This is where common apps are usually stored at the bottom of your screen.

taskbar

300

This is where you can find other apps/settings and sleep or shut down your computer. It is located on the bottom left of the screen.

Start menu

400

This is the preferred word processing program for Windows.

Microsoft Word

500

This is where you locate files on a Windows computer.

File Explorer

Chromebook

100

This is the preferred word processing program for Chromebook.

Google Docs

200

This is where you locate files on a Chromebook.

Files app

300

This is where you can find all your apps. It is located on the bottom left of the screen.

Launcher

400

This is where you can find other settings and sleep or shut down your computer. It is located on the bottom right of the screen.

Status tray

500

This is where apps are stored usually at the bottom of the screen.

Shelf

MS Word

100

Allows you to change the way the shape of the letters look in your document.

Font

200

This changes the direction of your documents’ layout.

Orientation

300

This is the collection of tools and features at the top of the screen. It contains tabs like layout and insert.

The Ribbon

400

This is how you line up your text to the right side of the page.

Right alignment

500

This is how you create a sub-list/multilevel list within a numbered or bulleted list.

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