Chapter 2 Review

Snip (from Microsoft Garage)

A Microsoft Garage project that enables you to capture a screenshot, photo, or whiteboard drawing, annotate it with voice and ink, and share it.

phone Companion

A Windows 10 app from the Store that assists you in adding Microsoft services to an iPhone, iPad, or Android phone.

Contact Support

A Windows 10 app that can link you to many useful help sites.

Get Started

A Windows 10 app that contains information and videos to explain how to do things; for example, how to use Cortana.

Groove Music

A Windows 10 app that enables you to play the music from a collection that exists on your PC.

Weather

A Windows 10 app that provides a visually appealing and informative view of your weather or of the weather in a location that you designate.

Money

A Windows 10 app that provides financial news and information such as stock market quotes.

Maps

A Windows 10 app that provides maps and directions.

Sports

A Windows 10 app that provides sports news and that can be viewed by individual sport type.

news

A Windows 10 app that provides world and national news and that you can customize to your interests.

photos

A Windows 10 app that will display photo albums from your Pictures folder, from your OneDrive, and from other connected devices and then display them all in one place.

Movies & Tv

A Windows 10 app where you can either buy or rent movies and episodes of TV shows and that also acts as a video player so you can play videos from your own files.

Mail for Windows 10

A Windows 10 app with which you can efficiently read and respond to messages from multiple email accounts from a single user interface.

File History

A Windows 10 tool that enables you to back up your files to another drive and restore those files if the originals are lost, damaged, or deleted.

System Restore

A Windows 10 tool that enables you to take your computer back to a previous point in time.

System Image

A Windows 10 tool that makes an exact copy of your hard drive and that you can use to completely restore your computer in the event of a hard drive failure.

Split button

A button that has two parts—a button and an arrow; clicking the main part of the button performs a command and clicking the arrow opens a menu with choices.

External hard drive

A disk drive that plugs into an external port on your computer, typically into a USB port; also referred to as a portable hard drive.

portable hard drive

A disk drive that plugs into an external port on your computer, typically into a USB port; also referred to as an external hard drive.

Outlook.com

A free web-based email system from Microsoft similar to Gmail and Yahoo mail.

Microsoft Garage

A group at Microsoft that develops experimental projects.

Menu bar

A group of menus at the top of a program window.

Windows accessories

A group of system tools in Windows 10 that includes programs like Snipping Tool, WordPad, and Paint.

Menu

A list of commands within a category.

Microsoft Outlook

A program in the Microsoft Office suite of programs that enables you to view and manage your email from multiple email providers.

Email client

A program that enables you to view and manage your email from multiple email providers; for example, Microsoft Outlook or Mail for Windows 10.

Snipping Tool

A program within Windows 10 that captures an image of all or part of your computer's screen.

Remote backup service

A service that provides a system for backing up your computer files over the Internet on a scheduled basis and then storing the data securely on their computers; also referred to as online backup or managed backup service.

Online backup services

A service that provides a system for backing up your computer files over the Internet on a scheduled basis and then storing the data securely on their computers; also referred to as remote backup or managed backup service.

Managed backup service

A service that provides a system for backing up your computer files over the Internet on a scheduled basis and then storing the data securely on their computers; also referred to as remote backup or online backup service.

pC Reset

A set of Windows 10 tools that you can use to bring your PC back to its original factory settings.

Restore point

A snapshot of your computer's settings created by the System Restore tool.

driver

Software that enables hardware or devices such as a printer, mouse, or keyboard to work with your computer.

Snip (Snipping Tool)

The name for an image captured with Snipping Tool.

Backing up

The process of creating a copy of your files somewhere other than on your computer.

Full-screen snip

When using Snipping Tool, the type of snip that captures the entire screen.

Rectangular snip

When using Snipping Tool, the type of snip that lets you draw a precise box by dragging the mouse pointer around an area of the screen to form a rectangle.

Free-form snip

When using Snipping Tool, the type of snip that lets you draw an irregular line, such as a circle, around an area of the screen.

Enter selection mode In Mail for Windows 10,

a command that displays selection boxes to the left of messages, similar to Item check boxes in File Explorer.

Sync this view In Mail for Windows 10,

a command that syncs all of your configured accounts to display.

Reading pane In Mail for Windows 10,

an area that displays the contents of a message when it is selected.

Messages pane In Mail for Windows 10,

an area that displays the messages for the selected folder, such as the Inbox folder.

Window snip When using Snipping Tool,

the type of snip that captures the entire displayed window.