Computer Literacy #3

Byte (2)

A ____ is a string of bits that represents one character.

Spreadsheet

A ______ is a worksheet divided into rows and columns that can be used to analyze and present business data.

Programmer

A _______ is a person who writes the step-by-step instructions that tell the computer what to do. A ______ also debugs programs.

Megahertz

A _______ is one million cycles per second.

Mainframe Computer

A ________ is a large computer that has access to billions of characters of data and is capable of processing data very quickly.

Device Driver

A ______is a piece of software that allows the computer to talk to the hardware devices such as the printer and the mouse.

GUI

A graphical user interface or ____, is designed so the user can perform tasks by using a mouse.

Kilobyte

There are 1,024 bytes (about one thousand) in 1 _____.

Megabyte

There are 1,048,576 bytes (about one million) in 1 _____.

Gigabyte

There are 1,073,741,824 bytes (about one billion) in 1 _____.

Byte (1)

There are 8 bits in 1 _____

Terabyte

There are about a trillion bytes in a ______.

Bit

____ is an acronym for "BI"nary digi"T", the smallest unit of information that can be understood by a computer; a ____ can take the value of 0 or 1.

Central Processing Unit

CPU stands for _______ and is considered to be the "brain" of the computer because it's where the actual operations of the computer occur.

Formula Bar

In MS Excel, The ______ is where the information in your cell displayed.

Cell

In MS Excel, ____ is where you input information into the program. The _____ is identified by its location (ex. E4).

Collumns

In MS Excel, ______ are labeled by letter horizontally.

Rows

In MS Excel, ______ are labeled by numbers vertically.

Formatting Cells (2)

In MS Excel, in the _______ dialog box, you can change things like the type of number that is being displayed, the alignment of the cells, the appearance of the cells, and the border of the cells.

Formatting Cells (1)

In MS Excel, you can _________ by right clicking and accessing the _____ dialog box. You can format a single cell, multiple cells, or entire rows/columns depending on how you select your desired region.

Charts

In MS Excel, you can create different types of _____ to better display your data.

Function

In MS Excel, you can trigger the program to perform a ______ by striking the equals sign on the keyboard, or using the insert _____ button.

Microsoft Office

MS Excel and MS PowerPoint work well together because they are considered part of an integrated software program suite.

Processor

The _____ is the most important internal hardware device built onto a single piece of silicon known as a wafer or chip, which can be programmed to perform a great number of information handling tasks.

Motherboard

The _______ is the computer's main circuit board through which all other components in the computer interface.

RAM

____ stands for random access memory and is a temporary storage area that the processor uses to hold data and execute programs. When the power is turned off, _____ is erased.

ROM

____ stands for read only memory and is memory containing items that cannot be deleted or changed by stored program instructions

Hard Wired

_____ refers to instructions that are built into the hardware and cannot be changed or deleted by stored program instructions.

Utilities

______ are application programs that you would use on your computer to perform a variety of computer maintenance tasks such as detecting potential problems on your system, backing up vital files, repairing damaged files, or checking for viruses.

Anti-Virus Software

______ is a program written specifically to locate and remove harmful viruses from your computer. Examples of _______ include Norton, McAfee, and AVG.

Shareware

______ is software that is given away free, although the maker hopes that satisfied users will voluntarily pay for it.

Compression

_______ is a technique used to considerably reduce the size of a file without losing any of the original information; the _______ process alters the content of the file but does not damage it. This process is also known as stuffing or zipping.

Permanent Memory

_______ is memory that does not disappear when the computer is shut down. Examples of _______ are a hard disk, floppy disk, CD, DVD, memory key, or tape.

Decompression

_______ is the reversing of the compression process, also known as unstuffing or unzipping.

Viruses

_______are a series of instructions that can become buried in programs that cause the computer to destroy data when given a certain signal. The _____ is duplicated or spread each time the software is copied.