Computer Basics

Used to plug in hardware.

What is the keyboard shortcut for bolding a selected text?

Software used to locate and display Web pages

Displays information from the computer.

What is the keyboard shortcut for underlining a selected text?

A computer that is portable

Worldwide network of smaller networks linked together by unique IP addresses.

Refers to an internal network confined within a specific location

Pictorial information displayed, plotted, or printed

The number of memory locations in computers is stated in terms of BYTES.

What is the keyboard shortcut for cut?

Legal protection that creators have over the things they create

Memory that is temporarily stored in a computer.

What is the keyboard shortcut for Copy?

Modems allow computers to talk to each other.

Software that analyzes and reports statistical or numerical data.

Input devices transport data to the computer.

What is the keyboard shortcut for creating a new document?

What is the keyboard shortcut for select all?

Which of these is not an Output Device?

What is the keyboard shortcut for saving the current document?

Software that provides tools necessary to complete a task.

I need to look at the diagram for the parts of a computer and study it tonight!

Software that acts as a graphic interface and translates mouse/keyboard interactions into code.

Minicomputers cannot support multiple users at the same time.

Teleconferencing is conducted with participants in different locations using telecommunications equipment.

A computer network that spans a relatively large geographical area

Speakers, printers, monitors are examples of software.

The physical components that make up the computer.

A computer that fits on a desk, inexpensive, for individual use

A collage is a piece of artwork made by piecing together different materials.

Detailed set of instructions that tells the computer what to do.

What is the keyboard shortcut for printing the current document?

The main chip that processes info, performs calculations, is the brain of the computer.

Which of these is an input device?

A system of extensively interlinked hypertext documents, a branch of the internet

Electronic devices that perform tasks and calculations based on instructions given

Hackers-irresponsible individuals that discover ways to break computer code and gain access to classified information.

Telecommuting is when employees use equipment from a remote location to complete regular work activities.

Creative work that's not copyrighted and free to use without permission

Computer memory that is pre-recorded and cannot be changed.

A linked group of computers which allows computers to share info

Hard Drive, Floppy Disks, CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, Flash Drives are examples of what?

Windows and Mac OS X are examples of Application Software.

A mainframe computer is a less powerful supercomputer.

Ability to use copyrighted work without permission but only in specific situations and certain ways

The Four Factors of Fair Use

Clarity and sharpness of an image

Software that users can collect, store, organize extract, and modify data.

A provider that sells access to the internet

Series of dots that can be seen when looking closely at a screen.

What is the keyboard shortcut for italicizing a selected text?

Fastest computer that stores data and performs simultaneous tasks

Software that creates and prints letters and memos.

A system that links together electronic office equipment to form a network in a building or office

Sampling is reworking a portion of a song or sound recording into a new composition.

Voice recognition is a type of software.

CPU stands for Central Processing Unit.

What is the keyboard shortcut for paste?

Two types of software are Operating and Application Software.