The brain of the computer or Central Processing Unit.
What is the C.P.U.?
100
A pointer (flashing line) that shows the place and movement of the mouse.
What is the cursor?
100
A large computer network that links smaller computer networks together worldwide?
What is the Internet (World Wide Web)?
100
Small picture that opens a program when it is clicked.
What is an icon?
100
The smallest piece of information used by a computer?
What is a bit?
200
Random Access Memory or temporary storage of data.
What is the R.A.M. (memory)?
200
The style of text in a document.
What is a Font?
200
Computer software that allows the user to view information on the Internet.
What is a Browser?
200
The bar (strip) usually found at the bottom of the monitor's display that shows various applications and folders being used. It also has the Window's start button and date and time (if chosen to display).
What is the Taskbar?
200
A picture (image) file.
What is JPG?
300
Computer's main circuit board that connects everything in the computer.
What is the mother board?
300
Tools across the top of the document.
What is the ribbon (toolbar)?
300
the address of a website on the Internet
What is a URL?
300
The display screen that shows when you log in and it can be customized.
What is your Desktop?
300
A moving picture file.
What is a gif?
400
Computer's internal storage.
What is the hard drive?
400
Categories across the top of the ribbon that specify the area or subject to be worked on.
What are Tabs?
400
The first web site that loads when you access the Internet.
What is your Home Page?
400
The _ does this when clicked on from within a program or window.
What is minimize?
400
Electronic junk mail.
What is Spam?
500
Mouse, keyboard, scanner, and microphone?
What are input devices?
500
The processing of creating and editing a document.
What is word processing?
500
The barrier between your computer and the outside world.
What is a firewall?
500
A moving display on your desktop that can be customized.
Originally it protected older monitors from burning images into them.