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This document defines 47 key computer and word processing terms such as application, bold, cursor, desktop, document, file, font, format, hardware, icon, keyboard, menu, Microsoft Word, monitor, mouse, open, operating system, program, screen saver, software, spell check, toolbar, and word processing. It provides a basic definition for each term in 1-2 sentences to serve as a student dictionary for computer basics and word processing.

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Student Dictionary - Basics and Word

This document defines 47 key computer and word processing terms such as application, bold, cursor, desktop, document, file, font, format, hardware, icon, keyboard, menu, Microsoft Word, monitor, mouse, open, operating system, program, screen saver, software, spell check, toolbar, and word processing. It provides a basic definition for each term in 1-2 sentences to serve as a student dictionary for computer basics and word processing.

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STUDENT DICTIONARY

Computer Basics and Word Processing


1. APPLICATION: another word for
a program or software.

2. BOLD: A font style that makes


letters and words darker.
3. CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT
or CPU: where all of the
information you put into the
computer is stored.

4. CLICKING: Pointing to something


on the screen and then pushing
the button on the mouse is called
clicking.

5. CURSOR: The line or arrow that


you control by moving the mouse.
6. DESKTOP: The screen you see
first when your computer turns on.
This screen has many icons.

7. DIALOGUE BOX: A window that


opens and asks you questions.

These words are bold.


These words are not.

8. DISK DRIVE: The place where


you put your floppy disk so that
you can save files on it.

9. DISKS: One way to save your


work, like recording on a video
tape.

10. DOCUMENT: Anything you


create in Microsoft Word is called
a document.
11.

FILE: a piece of computer


information such as a document
or part of a computer program.

12.

FOLDER: like a file folder in a


filing cabinet, a file is where
documents (letters, spreadsheets,
etc.) are kept.

13. FONT: The way letters and


words look.

14.

FORMAT: Changing the way


that text looks on the page.

THIS is formatted.
This is not formatted.

15. HARDWARE: All the parts of


the computer that you can touch:
the monitor, CPU, printer, mouse,
and keyboard.

16. HARD DRIVE: the place inside


your computer where programs
and files are stored.

17. HEADSET: earphones and a


microphone that you wear on your
head.

18. HIGHLIGHT/SELECTING: Click


and drag across a word or
sentence to highlight it. When it is
highlighted you can make
changes to it.
19. ICON: Symbols or pictures that
you can click on to perform an
action. Each program has its own
icon.
20. ITALICS: A font style that
slants words to the right.
21. KEYBOARD: Like a typewriter,
its where you type and enter
numbers. It is one way to tell the
computer what you want it to do.

22. LAPTOP: a portable computer


that you can carry with you

23. Mac or MACINTOSH: A


computer that is made to use the
Macintosh operating system.
There are two basic kinds of
computers: PCs and Macs.

24. MENU BAR: The words at the


top of the screen. Click on these
words and you see menus of
other things you can do.
25.

MENU: A list of other things


you can do. You see a menu when
you click on one of the words on
the Menu Bar.

26. MICROSOFT: A software


company owned by Bill Gates.

27. MICROSOFT POWERPOINT: a


software program for making
presentations that you can show
to others.

28. MICROSOFT WINDOWS: an


operating system made by the
Microsoft company.
29. MICROSOFT WORD: A wordprocessing program for typing
letters, resumes, school papers
and more.
30. MINIMIZE: to move a window to
the bottom of the screen without
closing the window.
31. MAXIMIZE: to expand a window
to the full size of the screen.
32. RESTORE: to make a window
smaller so that you can change
the size or position.

33. : MONITOR: Your computers


screen

34. MOUSE: The tool you can use


tell the computer what to do. For
example you can open programs
and files by clicking or double
clicking.

35. OPEN: A command on the File


Menu that brings files onto the
screen so that you can see them.

36. OPERATING SYSTEM: the most


important program in your
computer. This program is like the
manager of all of the other
programs.
37. PC = PERSONAL COMPUTER
a computer that is made to use
the Windows operating system.
There are two basic kinds of
computers: PCs and Macs.

38. POINT: The size of text.


39. PROGRAMS: Another word for
software or applications.

12 point

16 point

24 point

40. SCREEN SAVER: A design on


the screen that turns on if you
dont use your computer for a few
minutes.

41. SCROLL BARS: The bars on the


sides of the screen that allow you
to move up or down the page.

42. SOFTWARE: another word for


programs, instructions in the
computer that help it do different
tasks

43. SPELL CHECK: When youre


using Microsoft Word, you can
click on this button to look for
spelling and grammar mistakes.
44. SPREADSHEET: Organizes
information into rows and columns
and often uses math and
numbers.

45. TOOL BARS: The bars across


the top of the screen that have
icons you click on to do different
things.
46. USB DRIVE: a disk that you can
save information on. Also called a
flash drive, jump drive, or
thumb drive.

47. WORD PROCESSING: Typing


documents on a computer. Word
processing also allows you to
format, save, and edit your writing.

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