Potpourri
Computers Terms
Keyboarding
Windows
Examples
100

These are the terms and characters, AND (+) and NOT (-), that are used to narrow down web searches.

What are Boolean operators?

100

These are computers connected to each other to share hardware and software.

What is a network?

100

This button erases the character to the left of the cursor.

What is the backspace key?

100

This almost-hidden button can be found in the lower right-hand corner on the task bar.

What is show desktop?
100

keyboard, mouse, barcode scanner

What is an input device?

200

This acronym for this phrase is URL.

What is a uniform resource locator?

200

These are the rules of behavior on the internet.

What is netiquette?

200

This keyboard shortcut creates a new folder.

What is Ctrl + Shift + N?

200

This is created when a document is saved on Windows.

What is a file?

200

monitor, speaker, printer

What is an output device?

300

This is the height at which your computer monitor should be when practicing good ergonomics.

What is eye-level?

300

This is a small program or piece of code put on a computer that is destructive to the computer or the data.

What is a virus?

300

This button allows you to take a screen shot.

What is the Print Screen button?

300

This part of the screen shows the running programs on Windows.

What is the task bar?

300
.net, .com, .edu

What are domains?

400

In addition to to file size and date created, what is shown in Detail View?

What is the file type?

400

This is where you type the URL in your browser.

What is the address bar?

400

This button erases the character to the right of the cursor.

What is the delete key?

400

This shows the background programs on Windows.

What is the systray?

400

Apple + macOS, iPhone + iOS, PC + Windows

What is a platform?

500

This is one binary digit.  Eight of these make up one byte.

What is a bit?

500

This is one binary digit.  Eight of these make up one byte.

What is a bit?

500

This keyboard shortcut makes the selected text bold.

What is Ctrl + B?

500

These pictures can represent shortcuts, files or folders on a Windows desktop.

What is an icon?

500

Safari, Firefox, Google Chrome

What is a browser?