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| What is the proper care for CD's? |
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| Avoid extreme hot and cold locations. |
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| What is the proper environment for computer equipment? |
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| This is needed to manage sudden electricity changes that could damage a computer. |
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These are used to activate or execute program commands.
They are located on the top row of the keyboard. |
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This is used to enter numbers and mathematical operators.
Num Lock must be depressed in order for the numeric keypad to work.
Home row keys for the numeric keypad are 4, 5, & 6. Use the right thumb for 0. |
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These are connected to the computer to enhance or expand its capabilities.
Some examples are printers, joysticks, scanners, web cameras, etc. |
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These devices are used to give the user info that the computer has processed, such as: Monitors, speakers, and printers.
The most commonly used output device is the monitor. |
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Devices that are used to put information into the computer, such as: keyboard, mouse, trackball, web cam, scanner, bar code reader, microphone, and joystick.
The keyboard is the most commonly used input device. |
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These are devices used to store information that has been processed by the CPU.
The only internal storage is the hard disk drive.
External storage devices include: floppy disks, CD's, flash drives, and jump drives.
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| A copy of a document that you can hold from a printer. |
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A copy of a document that you can see but cannot touch.
These are on a monitor or from speakers or headphones. |
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| The tangible or physical parts that make up a computer, including the case/tower, monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer. |
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| The intangible instructions that tell the computer what to do, also called programs. |
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| Operating/System Software |
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The software that coordinates all of the computer's activities.
The operating system is stored in ROM (Read Only Memory) and is always on, whether there is power or not. |
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Software that gives the computer instructions to do a specific job or task.
It is stored in RAM (Random Access Memory) and goes away when the power is turned off. |
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A tool used for operating the computer.
The proper way to use the mouse is to point, click, and drag. |
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This software is used to keep class records and produce grade sheets.
It is made up of numbered horizontal rows and lettered vertical colums that intersect to form cells. |
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| Application software like an electronic filing cabinet that stores information and allows searches and printing of various reports. |
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| Application software that allows the user to create text documents like stories, reports, letters, etc. |
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| The form and keying style that a typist uses while operating the keyboard. |
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| To key by touch rather than by the hunt-and-peck method. |
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| The way the typist sits; the way the typist's arms, wrists, fingers, and feet are placed. |
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Arrangement of the keyboard, copy, mouse, and other materials on the desk or table.
Keep only what you need on your work station.
Keep the copy from which you are keying on your RIGHT side. |
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| These are the letter keys on the keyboard. |
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This key is used to move the cursor down a line.
It is also called a "hard return" because you are forcing the cursor to go to a new line instead of using wordwrap (letting the computer take you to the next line automatically). |
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| GWAM (Gross Words a Minute) |
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| The number of keystrokes a typist can make in a timed period; can calculate by dividing the total number of standard words (5 characters or spaces) keyed by the number of minutes that the typist was timed. |
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| The most commonly used keyboard arrangement. |
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This key is used to insert spaces between characters on the same line.
Put one space between words.
No space between words and punctuation that follows.
Put TWO spaces after punctuation at the end of a sentence or question. |
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| Standard Keyboarding Word |
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| Five characters or any combination of five characters and spaces. |
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| Sequence of ordinary characters found on the computer keyboard and used as a form of communication on the Internet used in email, chats, and other forms of communication using computer. |
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* symbol used for footnote references in keyboarded documents.
No space after.
Also the symbol for multiplication in computers and spreadsheets. |
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% symbol used in reporting statistical data.
Use symbol only in tables.
Use word in sentences. |
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& symbol meaning "and"
Do not use symbol in sentences. |
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Depress this key when you want something like a title in ALL CAPS.
Do not use Caps Lock for one capital letter. |
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Use the appropriate shift key to make ONE capital letter.
Do not use Caps Lock. |
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/ sometimes called the slash.
No space before or after.
Used for division in computers. |
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| A device connected to a computer to enhance or expand its capabilites. |
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An abbreviated form of a word created by using the first letters of several words--key in ALL CAPS.
Ex. GWAM
Gross Words A Minute |
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