Accounting
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Adapter Card | Card which plugs into a slot on the motherboard |
| Antivirus Program | A program that finds and eliminates computer viruses |
| Application | A computer program that provides a particular set of system or business related function |
| Ascending Sort Order | Arrangement that places items in first-to-last or lowest-to highest order, such as from A to Z. |
| Auto Shapes | Group of ready-made shapes that are grouped by category: lines, connectors, basic shapes, block arrows, flowchart symbolos, stars and banners, callouts. |
| Backup | A copy of a file or set of files |
| Bit (Binary Digit) | A single on / off position in a digital number, and the minimum unit of data |
| Bitmap | Type of graphic filee that is composed of series of small dots. Photographs are bitmaps files. |
| Bookmark | Item or lacation in a document that you name so you can refer to it later. |
| Booting | Starting up the computer and initating the operating system |
| Byte | 8 bits of data, usually a single character |
| Capacity | Amount of data that can be stored, measured in megabytes or gigabytes |
| Caption | Label that indenifies a part of a document. |
| Cell | Intersection of row or column in a table or aon a spreadsheet |
| Clip Art | Pre-drawn pictures to add to documents |
| Clipboard | A section of computer memory used to temporarily hold data that has been cut of copied for transfer to another document of location within a document |
| Code | Text written in a programming language to create a macro or other computer program. |
| Cursor Symobol | Symbol marking where text will appear when you type |
| Database | A program to manage and manipulate list such as addresses and phone list. (Access) |
| Debug | Look for and remove errors in a program |
| Default | The original setting; what will happen if you don't change anything |
| Delete | Remover selected object (not saved anywhere) |
| Descending Sort Order | Arrangement that places items in last-to-first order |
| Desktop Publishing (DTP) | Programs which gives precise control of where and how text and graphics appear on the page. (Publisher) |
| Download | Transfer a file to your computer from elsewhere on a nework or the internet |
| Drawing Objects | Shapes, such as squares, circles, stars, banners, arrows, that you can draw and modify in Word |
| File | Something saved on the computer-a document or program |
| Folder | A grouping of files |
| Font | Typeface for charachter set, and associated with size and style |
| Footer | Text at the bottom of a page, that is repeated throughout the document |
| Format (Document) | Arranges the appearance of the document by selecting the typeface, font size, spacing of lineds and words, etc. |
| Graphics | Pictures and charts |
| Hard Copy | Document or file printed on paper |
| Hardware | The physical parts of the computer |
| Header | Area at the top of a page that is repeated on every page of the document |
| Icon | A small graphic which when clicked runs a program, executes a command or opens a document |
| Input | Everything you tell the computer |
| Input Devices | Devices used to give the computer data or commands. (keyboard, mouse, touch screen) |
| Insert | Add text at location without overwriting existing text |
| Keyboard | Input device with keys for letters of the alphabet, numbers, and various symbols |
| Kilobyte | 1024 bytes historically, though often used to represt ofne thousand (1,000) bytes |
| LAN (Local Area Network) | Computers connected together in a single location |
| Layout | Arrangement of text and graphics |
| LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) | Screen type used in laptops and for flat panel monitors |
| Link | To create a relationship between the data in a destination file and its source file so that when the data is changed in one file, the other file is updated automatically |
| Megabyte (MB) | 1024 kilobytes historically. For data storage devicee and telecommmunication a megabyte is one million (1,000,000) |
| Megahertz (MHz) | 1 million cycles per second |
| Menu | A list of available commands which may contain other commands as a submenu |
| Motherboard | Main ciruit board of the computer |
| Nanosecond (Ns) | 1 billionth of a second, Used to measure memory speed |
| Nesting | Putting directories or folders insidee other directories or folders |
| Network | A set of computers which are linked together on a permanent basis |
| Node | Each device connected to a network |
| Pixel | One dot on a screen |
| Ppm | Pages per miniutesl. Measured printer speed |
| Queue | The set of print jobs waiting to be done |
| San Serif | Font characteristic |
| Serif | Font characteristic in which the font has decorative lines projecting from the characters |
| Shut Down | Close all Programs and turn off computer |
| Soft Copy | Displayed on screen or by other non-permanent means |
| Spreadsheet | Program for handling numer |
| Style | Set of formatting instructions applied to text |
| Table | A set of rows and columns |
| Text Box | Free-floating rectangle that contains text |
| Touchscreen | Monitor screen that reacts to being touched by finger |
| Tower | Veritcal case for a person computer |
| Undo | Reverses whatever change you just made |
| Upload | Transfer a file from your computer to another |
| URL (Universal Serial Bus) | Combination of letters, number, and symbols that make up the address of a site on the World Wide Web. |
| USB Universal Serial Bus) | A connection that can be used by a wide range of devices |
| Utility | A program that performs tasks related to the maintaining of your computers health |
| Virus | t your consent. May be harmless but annoying or may be highly damaging |
| White Space | Unused space in a page layout that provides the neccessary contras for text and graphics |
| WYSIWYG | What you see is that you get, displaying results on the monitor as they will appear when printed |
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