Computer System Management Final Exam Review

Gesture

A gesture is a motion you make on a touch screen with the tip of one or more fingers or your hand.

Local Account

A local account does not integrate automatically with the cloud.

Shortcut

A shortcut is an icon that represents a link to a file, folder, or app.

Airplane Mode

Airplane mode is a quick way to turn off all wireless communications on a computer.

Mouse Point

Among mouse operations, to point means to move the mouse until the pointer on the desktop is positioned on the item of choice.

Right-click

Among mouse operations, to right-click means to press and release the secondary mouse button.

InPrivate window

An InPrivate window doesn't save any passwords and search and browsing histories.

The mouse operation of right-dragging displays a shortcut menu after moving an object from one location to another.

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Device Drivers

Device drivers are available either on a disc or on the manufacturer's website.

Favorites

Favorites is a place to store permanent links to frequently visited webpages.

Indexing

Indexing decreases search time.

User Account

Information is saved for each user account, including the rights, or permissions, the user has for accessing a computer or computer resources.

SSD

SSDs are very fast and can locate search results in indexed and nonindexed locations very quickly.

SafeSearch

SafeSearch settings make sure searches on the Internet provide only appropriate results.

Task View

Task View allows you to see thumbnail images of all windows and apps you currently have open.

Device Manager

The Device Manager allows you to display a list of hardware devices installed on your computer.

Documents folder

The Documents folder displays links to the user's documents.

Groove Music Pass

The Groove Music Pass is a subscription service providing complete access to stream and download music from the Windows Store.

Boolean Operators

The following Boolean operators must be typed in uppercase letters: AND, OR, NOT.

Triple Clicking Mouse Operation

The mouse operation of triple-clicking selects a paragraph.

Pinching

The touch screen gesture of pinching means to move two fingers together.

Navigation Bar

Using the navigation bar in the File Explorer window, you can navigate to the This PC window.

Windows Hello

Windows Hello uses biometric devices to authenticate a user through fingerprint, iris, facial recognition.

Virus

A virus is a potentially damaging computer program that affects, or infects, a computer negatively.

Web Note

A web note is a(n) annotation, highlight and text note.

Wizard

A wizard is a step-by-step progression that guides you through a process.