P200 KEY TERMS – Introduction to Computer Concepts & the Web:
To help you study for Exam 1, do the
following:
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Read through the Windows 7 links
under Windows 7 & Office 2010
Information on the Class Resources
Webpage.
Read through Chapter 1: Common
Features of Office 2010 in your
textbook.
Review the Glossary in your
textbook.
Go to the Microsoft Suite Chapters
Glossary - Good Resource for
Studying and Complete Computer
Term/Office Suite Glossary under
Textbook Resources on the Class
Resources Webpage. You will find
many, but not all, of the definitions
you will need.
Study the PowerPoint presentations
Hardware, Software, Windows 7,
and The Internet
Read through PILOT again
Read through your class Website
Go to Google – www.google.com –
and type in any of the definitions
listed. That should also help you
find the answers.
To access the above study aids and sites, go
to the Class Resources page from the class
Web site.
Know the definitiosn of all the words listed
below.
Accessories-Utilities
Active window
Address bar
All Programs command
Button
Central Processing Unit
CPU
CPU – Control Unit
CPU – Arithmetic Unit
Cell
Click
Clipboard (what is it, how does it
work)
Close
Compressed files (what are)
Context-sensitive menu
Control button
Cursor (in relation to computing)
Database
Desktop
Document
Domain Suffix (e.g., .com, .org –
what do they usually signify
about a Website)
Double-click
Drag
Drive
File extensions - .docx, .xlsx,
.accdb, .pptx
File name
Flash drive
Gigabyte
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Gridline
Hard drive
Home tab
Horizontal scroll bar
Icon
Insertion point
Internet provider
Keys – Shift, Alt, Ctrl
Laptop
Left pane
Linux
Live Preview
Local Disk (what and where is it)
Macintosh
Mainframe
Maximize
Megabyte
Menu (computer)
P200 KEY TERMS – Introduction to Computer Concepts & the Web:
Menu bar (what is it & what does
it do)
Microcomputer
Minicomputer
Minimize
Motherboard
Mouse
Mouse button
Mouse pointer
My Computer
Notebook
Notification Area (on taskbar –
what does it do)
Operating system
Peripheral (what is it in relation
to computers)
Pointing
Program Files
Presentation
Quick Access Toolbar
RAM
Recycle Bin
Restore
Ribbon
Right-click (what happens when
you)
ROM
Save window
Save As window
Shortcut menu
Show/Hide button
Spreadsheet
Start button
Status bar
Supercomputer
Taskbar
Title bar (what is it)
Toggle button
Toolbar
USB Stick/Drive
Vertical scroll bar
Volatile memory
Window, parts of a
Windows
Windows 7
Zip (files)
Study Class Web Site: Be able to answer
these questions:
1. Does P200 grade on a point or
percentage system?
2. Where will you find the exam study
aids for the class? Note: Answer
should be give page address that
holds them all.
3. Where can you find the link to
download the student files for the
Microsoft portion of your textbook?
4. What is the exact Web address of
the P200 class site?
5. When is the Weekly Project PILOT
Tutorial due?
6. What is the penalty for going over
your unexcused absence limit?
7. Is it true that according to the HPER
Cell Phone/Laptop Policy, the
instructor can take a cell phone
away from the student if it is
disrupting the class?
8. Do you need to have your section
number or time of your class in the
Subject line of every email you send
to your instructor?