| Active Cell - The thick-bordered cell where you can enter numbers or formulas in a spreadsheet. |
Alignment - How your text conforms to the left and right margins of a page.
The text can be right-aligned, centered, left-aligned, or fully-aligned/justified. |
Application - Program or software. |
| Axis - A feature of a chart, on which you can plot numbers. The horizontal line is
called the X-axis and the vertical line is called the Y-axis. |
Bold - A style of text that makes a letter or word darker and thicker to stand
out in a document. |
Circle graph - A picture showing the relationship of two or more sets of
data using a circle. |
| Cell - The space at the intersection of a row and column in a spreadsheet. |
Column - The vertical divisions in a spreadsheet that are named with a letter. |
CPU(Central Processing Unit) - The main chip that allows computers to do millions
of calculations per second and makes it possible for users to write letters and balance your checkbook. |
| Entry Bar - The field where information is entered in a spreadsheet. |
Font - The shape and style of text. |
Freeware - Software written and then donated to the public, so anyone is free
to copy it and share it with their friends. This is not the same as shareware or commercial software, which is
supposed to be paid for. |
| GIF - (Pronounced "jiff") A file format for pictures, photographs, and
drawings that are compressed so that they can be sent across telephone lines quickly. Format widely
used on electronic bulletin boards and the Internet and are limited to 256 colors.
So, they cannot be used for high-end desktop publishing. |
JPEG - A standard for shrinking graphics so they can be sent faster between
modems and take up less space on your hard drive. These graphics can be reduced to 5 percent of their
original size, but the image quality deteriorates. However, compressing these graphics to 30 or 40
percent of their original size results in minimal loss of quality. |
Keyboard - The hardware device used to enter letters into the computer. |
| Label - The term given to the words entered on a spreadsheet usually naming a column. |
Line Spacing - The span between lines of text. |
Monitor - The device with a screen used to show computer images. |
| Mouse - A tool used to move the cursor and pointer around the screen. |
Multimedia - To use a combination of text, pictures, sounds, movies,
and/or animation in a presentation. |
Pictogram - Pictures used to create a bar graph or chart. |
| Row - The horizontal divisions in a spreadsheet named with a number. |
Telecommunication - The act of sending and receiving information, such as data, text, pictures,
voice, and video. The exchange of information can be written within a building or around the globe. |
Word Wrap - This occurs when you get to the end of a line and continue typing the
text will then go to the next line. |
| Password - A code for the security protection to allow access to a
computer or the computer systems. |
Printer - A hardware device used to make a paper copy of what is
created on the computer. |
Stand Alone Computer - A computer that does not rely upon any other
computer or server to work. |
| Button Bar - A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a window.
It provides shortcuts for commonly used commands. Some programs let you choose to hide or display the button bar, and mix and
match buttons to customize a button bar. Also known as a toolbar. |
Clip Art - Drawings you can add to your documents or presentations.
Clip art includes items such as cartoons, maps, symbols and flags. Some software packages include clip art. Clip art can be
purchased separately. |
Database - Software application that helps manage large collections
of information. A simple database might be a single file containing many records, with the same set of fields. Data can be sorted
and searched by one or more criteria. |
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Delete - A key used to erase characters. |
Pictogram - Pictures used to create a bar graph chart. |
Retrieve - Open a saved document. |
| Software/Application - Programs that allow you to accomplish certain
tasks such as write letters, analyze numbers, sort files, manage finances, draw pictures, and play games. |
Bar Graph - One type of graph developed from spreadsheet data that
uses parallel bars to compare data and changes in data over time. |
Buttons - A hot spot used in multimedia applications to navigate
from one place to another or to activate elements (e.g., sound, movies, animation). |
