Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Monday, May 12, 2008

System Vocb

  • Central processing unit- The part of the computer that executes instructions, controls the flow of data adn performs the arithmetic and logic decisions.
  • Expansion Slots- A part of the motherboard that allows the connection of circuit boards with additional ports. These ports let the user attach additional devices to the computer.
  • Flash Memory- A type of removable memory commonly used in small and-held devices, such as cell phones, digital cameras, and digital music players.
  • Graphical user interface- A design for the part of an operating system in which the user typically operates a mouse to point and click on graphic icons representing files, folders, disk, and programs.
  • Hard Drive- A nonremovable storage device used to hold software and data on a computer system.
  • Hardware- The physical parts of a computer system including input, output, storage, and other devices.
  • Input divice- Any device that accepts data from the user, such as a keyboard or mouse.
  • Linux- an operating system based on Unix that permits any programmer to improve upon it and is available as freeware.
  • MacOS- The operating system of the Macintosh line of computer systems.
  • Mainframe- A computer system used by large organizatins that can support many users and large databases.
  • Minicomputer- A computer system smaller and less powerful than a mainframe but capable of supporting multiple users for a small to medium sized organization.
  • Motherboard- The main circuit board comtaining a computer's central processing unit memory and expansion slots.
  • Operating system- The software program that oversees and controls everything that happens while a computer is turned on, such as running the application software, managing the hardware, and maintaining file storage.
  • Output device- A part of the computer system that displays information to the user, such as a monitor or a printer.
  • Platform- The combination of hardware and operating system that defines the type of programs and devices your computer will support.
  • Professional workstation- A computer system smaller than a minicomputer but more powerful than most personal computers.
  • Random Access Memory- A computer's primary working memory that temporarily stores information while the computer is turned on. The central processing unit works with information stored in RAM.
  • Read-only memory- The part of a computer's primary storge that permanently stores information, even when the computer is turned off.
  • Supercomputer- A computer that is faster and more powerful than a mainframe. Supercomputers are used by large research facilities or government agencies needing a lot of processing ability .
  • Syntax- The structure for entering function and commands, including spelling, punctuatin, and acceptable keywords.
  • System software- The software necessary to operate and maintain a computer system, including operating systems ans utility programs.
  • System Uint- The case that holds the main internal circuity of a computer including the motherboard, disk drives, and power supply.
  • User Interface- The visual portion of the operating sysem software that determines the manner in which user interact with the computer.
  • Utility Program- A program that assists the user in maintaining and improving theoperating system. Some utility programs are suppiles by the operating system while others are sold by third-party vendors.
  • virus- A program designed as a prank that replicates itself from one computer to another. Viruses can be harmless but annoying to users or they can affect software performance and destroy information.
  • Windows- The common name of the family or operating systems with graohical user interfaces, manufacturned by Microsoft Corp.

Monday, April 14, 2008

Friday, February 22, 2008

Monday, February 11, 2008

PowerPoint Vocabulary #3

  • Change Marker- An icon in a PowerPoint presentation indicating that a reviewer has made a change.
  • Comment Marker- An icon in a PowerPoint presentation that looks similar to a sticky note, indicating that a reviewer has made a comment.
  • Comment- 1. In Word, small balloons in the margin of a document that hold remarkers or suggestions. 2. In PowerPoint, a special text box in a presentation in which a reviewer inserts a note. The comment includes the date the reviewer wrote the comment along with the name of the registered user of the reviewer's computer.
  • Embedded Font- A font inserted in a PowerPoint presentaion in such a way that the font will always appear the same, even if the presentation is shown on another computer.
  • Liquid crystal display (LCD) projector- Equipment that allows you to project the slides in a PowerPoint presentation in slide show view from your computer onto a blank wall or large video screen.
  • Online Broadcast- A PowerPoint feature that allows audience members to view a presentation on their own computers using their Web browsers.
  • Publish- To save a PowerPoint presentation as a set of Web pages on an intranet or Web server, allowing others to open and navigate the presentation using their Web browsers.

Monday, February 4, 2008

PowerPoint Vocabulary #3

  • Animated Object- An object such as a picture, text box, or other graphic that appears by itself during a PowerPoint Presentation.
  • Animated text- Text that displays on a PowerPoint slide one line or bulleted point at a time.
  • Animation- A sound or visual effect added to a PowerPoint presentation to make the presentation more interesting.
  • Bit-mapped image- An image made from a series of small dots it may have a .bmp, .png, .jpg, or .gif file extension.
  • Embed- To insert a sourse file into a destination file; any changes made later to the sourse file are not reflected in the destination file.
  • Footer- A line of text that appears at the bottom of each page in a file containing information such as the document's name, a page number, or the date.
  • Header- A line of text that appears at the top of each page in a file containing information such as the document's name, a page number, or the top of a disk drive.
  • Link- The connection between a sourse file and a destination file, or between two tables; any changes made later to the sourse file are reflected in the destination file.
  • Slide Master- a hidden slide in every PowerPoint presentation that stores design template specifications such as placeholder sizes and positions, bullet styles, font styles and sizes, and background color for all slides but the title slide. The slide master can be used to make changes to an entire presentation.
  • Title Master- A hidden slide in every PowerPoint presentation that stores design template specifications such as placeholder size and positions, font styles and sizes, and background color for any slide that uses the Title Slide layout.
  • Transition- The way in which one slide replaces another during a PowerPoint presentation.

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

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the post PowerPoint Vocabulary #2.

  • Color Scheme- The eight colors used in the design of a PowerPoint presentation-colors for background, fonts, hyperlinks, etc. A presentation's color scheme varies depending on the design template used in the presentation.
  • Design Template- A file that contains the preprogrammed formatting available for a PowerPoint presentation, such as colors, background design, fonts, and bullets.
  • Slide Layout- A particular combination of placeholders on a PowerPoint slide, reserving space for text and/or graphical elements.

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

PowerPoint Vocabulary

  • Presentation-is a formal or an informal report usually given orally sometimes called a "speech" or a "talk".
  • Thumbnail-A small-size view of a slide in a PowerPoint presentation. Thumbnail appear on the Slides tab, in slide sorter view, and in various task panes.
  • Splitter bar-In PowerPoint, one of the narrow bars that separate the left, slide, and notes panes in normal view.
  • Title slide-The first slide in a PowerPoint presentation that displays the main topic of the presentation.
  • Title- In PowerPoint, the main topic of a presentation or slide; the first line of text on a slide.
  • Placeholder-In word, formatted text within a template file that you can replace with your own text. In PowerPoint, a preset location reserving space for a slide element.

  • Title area- In PowerPoint, a place-holder that reserves space for a slide's title.
  • Text area- In PowerPoint, a placeholder that reserves space for a subtitle or a numbered or bulleted list.
  • Object area- A placeholder on a PowerPoint slide that is reserving space for objects such as tables, charts, or graphic images.
  • Rich Text Format (RTF)- A file format with the extension that enables the text in the file to be transferred and read by different application;most word processing programs can read RTF.
  • AutoContent Wizard- A tool to help PwerPoint users create a presentation easily by using a set of preprogrammed slide layouts, a design template, and boilerplate text.
  • Boilerplate- Standard text that is appropriate for the type of presentation selected when using PowerPoint's AutoContent Wizard.
  • Indent Level- In PowerPoint, a number that indicates the indent and importance of a subtitle in relation to the title.
  • Promote- In PowerPoint, to raise the level of a subtitle so that it has a smaller indent and a larger type size.
  • Demote- In PowerPoint, to lower the level of a subtitle so that it has a larger indent and a smaller type size.
  • Object- In PowerPoint, a nontext element such as a chart, table, clip, or another type of information.
  • Subtitle- In PowerPoint, any text in one or two columns, or a bulleted item in a list, that follows the title and gives more detail about the title.