Technology Terminology Jeopardy

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Technology Terminology Jeopardy
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• A box in a spreadsheet or table where you can
  enter information.

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• What is a cell?

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• A strip of information running up and down, like
  in a newspaper.

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• What is a column?

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• Where the action is on your screen, shown by a
  flashing line.

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• What is a cursor?

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• A program that helps you manage large collections
  of information. You can use it to store, sort,
  and easily find information.

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• What is a database?

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• On a PC, the background behind all your windows,
  menus, and dialog boxes.

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• What is desktop?

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• Sending and receiving messages through a computer
  network.

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• What is email?

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• Separate but related pieces of information you
  can enter in a database, such as a name, address,
  or city.

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• What is a field?

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• A collection of information stored on your
  computer with its own name.

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• What is a file?

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• An area that holds a group of documents. Also
  called a directory.

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• What is a folder?

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• Is used to perform mathematical calculations such
  as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and
  division.

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• What is a formula?

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• Any part of a computer system that you can see or
  touch, such as a keyboard, screen, mouse and so
  on.

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• What is hardware?

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• A little picture on your screen that you can
  click on with your mouse. It can represent a
  file, program, peripheral, or tool.

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• What is an icon?

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• The biggest computer network in the world,
  reaching millions of people, on thousands of
  interconnected networks.

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• What is the Internet?

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• To gain access to a computer system, usually by
  entering your user name and password.

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• What is log in?

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• To enlarge a window to fill your whole screen.

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• What is maximize?

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• To reduce a window on your screen.

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• What is minimize?

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• A powerful blend of text, graphics, sound,
  animation, and video on your computer.

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• What is multimedia?

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• A group of connected computers that allows people
  to share information and equipment.

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• What is a network?

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• A horizontal line of boxes in a spreadsheet or
  table.

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• What is a row?

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• A bar at the edge of a window you can use to move
  through a document.

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• What is a scroll bar?

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• Electronic instructions that tell your computer
  what to do.

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• What is software?

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• A program used for accounting, budgeting, and
  other types of number-crunching.

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• What is a spreadsheet?

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• The process of sending and receiving information
  over a distance.

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• What is telecommunications?

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• A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a
  window that provides shortcuts for commonly used
  commands.

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• What is a toolbar?

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• Software you can use to produce documents,
  including letters, reports, manuals, and
  newsletters.

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• What is a word processor?