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| a program in which you do your work. |
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| a copy of a file or disk you make for archiving purposes. |
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| a programming error that causes a program to behave in an unexpected way. |
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| program that allows you to change settings in a program or change the way a computer looks and/or behaves. |
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| Central Processing Unit. The processing chip that is the “brain” of a computer. |
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| a system malfunction in which the computer stops working and has to be restarted. |
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| The shaded or colored backdrop of the screen. |
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| an on-screen message box that appears when additional information is required before completing a command. |
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| a file you create, as opposed to the application that created it. |
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| to transfer data from one computer to another. (If you are on the receiving end, you are downloading. If you are on the sending end, you are uploading). |
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| the generic word for an application, document, control panel, or other computer data. |
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| a large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case. |
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| a graphic symbol for an application, file or folder. |
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| the temporary holding area where data is stored while it is being used or changed; the amount of RAM a computer has installed. |
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| a list of program commands listed by topic. |
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| the system software that controls the computer. |
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| acronym for personal computer. |
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| acronym for Random-Access Memory. The more RAM your computer has the faster it will perform. |
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| to write a file onto a disk. |
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| (a File menu item) to save a previously saved file in a new location and/or with a new name. |
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| a bar at the bottom or right side of a window that contains the scroll box and allows scrolling. |
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| a central computer dedicated to sending and receiving data from other computers (on a network). |
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| the command from the Special menu that shuts down the computer safely. |
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| files on disk that contain instructions for a computer. |
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| to send a file from one computer to another through a network |
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