| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Apple | The company that makes Macintosh computers |
| Bookmark | The process of "marking" a Web site so you can easily return to the site |
| Boot | To power up a computer . . . |
| Cable Modem | A method of connecting to the Internet that is much faster than a typical dial-up modem |
| CD-ROM | "Compact Disk - Read Only Memory" |
| Character | Any letter, number, space, punctuation mark, or symbol that can be typed on a computer |
| Clip Art | A collection of pictures or images that can be imported into a document or another program |
| Copy | Moving text or objects to a "buffer" in the system's memory (RAM) called the "Clipboard" |
| Cursor | An arrow, or other defined shape, that you can use to point to different objects on your screen |
| Data | Information that is processed or stored by a computer |
| Database | A data "structure" used to store organized information |
| Default | A "preset value" for some option in a computer program |
| Desktop | A visual window that gives you easy access to items on your hard drive |
| Double Click | Clicking your mouse button quickly two times |
| Drag | Moving objects on your computer from one place to another |
| DSL | "Digital Subscriber Line" |
| Font | A specific "typeface" of a certain size and style |
| GIF | "Graphics Interchange Format" |
| Gigabyte | Named after the Greek word "gigas" meaning "giant" - this unit of storage measurment is equal to 1,024 megabytes and precedes the terabyte unit of measurement |
| Google | The world's "most popular" search engine designed in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Ph.D. students at Stanford University |
| Hard Drive | The place where your data is stored |
| Home Page | The starting point or front page of a Web site |
| Icon | A visual representation of something on your computer |
| Input | To enter data into your computer . . . |
| JPEG | "Joint Photographic Experts Group" |
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