SWBAT UNDERSTAND BASIC COMPUTER VOCABULARY.

STUDENTS WILL DEMONSTRATE

UNDERSTANDING BY LOOKING AT A WIKISPACE

AND TAKING NOTES.Please get your presentation ready.

CableMicrophoneKeyboardMonitorMouse PrinterScanner

A global network of computers

World Wide Web

Surfing the web

A network of computers within a business or organization

Talladega County Board of Education has an intranet

Most companies have computers that are connected to their own intranet

INTERNET VS. INTRANET

Internet Intranet

COMMON VOCABULARY

Tab key- this key is used to quickly take you to a location and align text

Font- a set of character with specific typeface size and style. Example: Times New Roman vs. Broadway.Case- specific use of upper or lower case letters.

COMMON VOCABULARY

Proofreader’s Marks- Symbols written on a printed document to indicate where revisions are required

Keywords- important words found within a document

Document Properties- Categories of information about a document

Delivery address- the recipient’s address printed in the outside of an envelope

CONTINUED

Return Address- The author’s address typically appearing at the very top of the letter as well as in the upper left corner of an envelope

E-mail (electronic mail)- method of sending information from one computer to another across the internet or intranet

Insert Mode- method of operation used for inserting new text within existing text in a document. Insert mode is the default.

CONTINUED

Overtype Mode- The method of operation used to replace existing text in a document with new text

Acronym- A word made from the first letter of each word in the name sentence or phrase Example: United Nations acronym is UN.

Undo- The command for reversing a previous action (can be found in the top left area of a word document )

Redo- The command for reversing the Undo command, also found in the top left of a word document

AND AGAIN…..

Clipboard- a temporary storage area that can hole up to twelve selections at a time

Cut- to delete a section from its original locations and move it to the clipboard

Copy- to create a duplicate of a selection and move it to the clipboard (can be done by holding down the control key and “c”)

Paste- to insert a selection from the clipboard into the document (can be done by holding down the control key and “v”)

Drag-and-drop editing- the action of using a mouse to drag a selection from its original location and drop it in a new location