A computer or software program, activated by a user that can perform a specific function or functions.
What is an application?
100
A document that lists the sources of information you used to answer a research question.
What is a bibliography?
100
A marker that allows a user to navigate to a website on the internet to allow for rapid access.
What is a bookmark?
100
A diary or personal journal kept on a website, it might be private or public.
What is a blog?
200
Any self contained piece of work created using an application program
What is a Document?
200
The main input device for computers
What is a keyboard?
200
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 keywork-based classification possible.
What is a Tag?
200
A collection of commuters that are linked together for the purpose of sharing information
What is a Network?
300
The primary storage device for a computer.
What is a hard drive?
300
A collection of listing of information, usually organized with searchable elements or fields. For example, a library catalog can be searched by author, title or subject.
What is a database?
300
A question that a person asks which has personal relevance, and to answer it requires information to be gathered from a variety of sources and applied to the researchers life.
What is a Level Three question?
300
The keys or key combinations that provide quick access to frequently performed commands or operations.
What are shortcut keys
300
A program that searches documents for specific keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.
What is a Search Engine?
400
The practice of convincing someone to divulge confidential information they normally would not provide to a stranger. The purpose is to gather the information needed to steal a victim's money or identity.
What is Phishing?
400
An application used to view World Wide Web pages. Safari and Internet Exporer are examples.
What is a Web Browser?
400
Careful study, investigation and experimentation aimed at discovering or interpreting facts to create new knowledge or understandings on the part of the researcher.
What is Research?
400
Graphics that can be cut and pasted electronically into documents. It can be photographs, maps, diagrams, illustrations or cartoons.
What is Clip Art?
400
Content on a website which can be "clicked on" with a mouse, which in turn will take a person to another web page or a different part of the same web page.
What is a Hyperlink?
500
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
What is cyberbullying?
500
Unsolicited, unwanted junk email.
What is Spam?
500
Using another person's creative work or words without giving credit to that person.
What is Plagiarism?
500
A type of internet application that allows friends, business partners or other individuals to connect together via the internet.
What is Social Networking?
500
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 the desktop window.