Lesson, 9, 10, 11

Auto Correct

A feature in many applications, including word processing programs, spreadsheets and search engines that will automatically detect and correct typos, misspelled words, and incorrect capitalization.

balloons

A graphic element taken from comic books that is widely used to convey messages in all forms of publications, including Web sites. The balloon is a bubble filled with text that points to a person or human-like object.

bibliography

A list of the written sources of information on a subject. Bibliographies generally appear as a list at the end of a book or article. They may show what works the author used in writing the article or book, or they may list works that a reader might find useful.

table of contents

A list of titles of the parts of a book or document, organized in the order in which the parts appear.

simple mark up

A markup language is a computer language that uses tags to define elements within a document. It is human-readable, meaning markup files contain standard words, rather than typical programming syntax. While several markup languages exist, the two most popular are HTML and XML.

tab leader

A word processing function that draws a dotted line from the current cursor location to the next tab stop. It is widely used to create lists such as tables of contents.

bookmark

Digital Technology. Also called favorite. a link to a website address saved electronically in a browser to facilitate quick access to the Web page. an electronic pointer created in a computer file to facilitate quick access to a specific part of the text.

HTTP

HTTP. (HyperText Transfer Protocol) The communications protocol used to connect to Web servers on the Internet or on a local network (intranet). ... It is also used to download files from the server either to the browser or to any other requesting application that uses HTTP.

footer

In a document or report, common text that appears at the bottom of every page. It usually contains the page number.

hyperlink

In computing, a hyperlink, or simply a link, is a reference to data that the reader can directly follow either by clicking, tapping, or hovering. A hyperlink points to a whole document or to a specific element within a document. Hypertext is text with hyperlinks.

source

In computing, source code is any collection of computer instructions, (possibly with comments), written using a human-readable programming language, usually as ordinary text.

antonym

In general, an antonym refers to a word that means the opposite. For example, cold is an antonym for the word hot. Any antonyms for computer words defined on Computer Hope are listed below the definition.

header

In information technology, header refers to supplemental data placed at the beginning of a block of data being stored or transmitted. In data transmission, the data following the header are sometimes called the payload or body.

caption

In video terminology a caption is used to mean a text representation of the audio in the video. Captions are often used by those viewers who are hearing impaired, and will describe what is being said, emotions, and background sounds. Captions can also used for indexing and retrieval.

inline

Interspersed within other source code. See inline code. (2) Between two hardware devices. For example, a network device that is placed between the user's machine and the network switch would be "inline."

Lock Tracking

Losing your laptop can be devastating, especially if you keep important documents and files on its hard drive, without a backup. Here are five ways to protect your laptop from being stolen (or from remaining stolen), as well as to safeguard the data you store on it.

MLA style

MLA, which stands for Modern Language Association, is defined as a style of writing used for college-level writing. An example of MLA style is the specific formatting for footnotes in a college paper. YourDictionary definition and usage example.

All Markup

Markup languages are designed for the processing, definition and presentation of text. The language specifies code for formatting, both the layout and style, within a text file. The code used to specify the formatting are called tags. HTMLis a an example of a widely known and used markup language.

markup

Markup languages are designed for the processing, definition and presentation of text. The language specifies code for formatting, both the layout and style, within a text file. The code used to specify the formatting are called tags. HTMLis a an example of a widely known and used markup language.

No Markup

Markup refers to the sequence of characters or other symbols that you insert at certain places in a text or word processing file to indicate how the file should look when it is printed or displayed or to describe the document's logical structure. The markup indicators are often called "tags." For example, this particular paragraph is preceded by a:

plagiarism

Plagiarism is the "wrongful appropriation" and "stealing and publication" of another author's "language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions" and the representation of them as one's own original work. The idea remains problematic with unclear definitions and unclear rules.

footnote

Text that appears at the bottom of a page that adds explanation. It is often used to give credit to the source of information. When accumulated and printed at the end of a document, they are called "endnotes."

endnote

Within Microsoft Word, place the cursor where you want to insert the number that points to the footnote or endnote. In the Ribbon at the top, click on the References tab. In the Footnotes section, click on Insert Footnote or Insert Endnote, depending on which one you are inserting.

synonyms

Word Origin & History. computer 1640s, "one who calculates," from compute. Meaning "calculating machine" (of any type) is from 1897; in modern use, "programmable digital electronic computer" (1945; theoretical from 1937, as Turing machine). ENIAC (1946) usually is considered the first.

works cited

Works cited pages would appear at the end of a research paper. Works cited means the same as references but differs from a bibliography. A works cited page is a list of works that you referenced in the body of your paper, whereas a bibliography is a list of all sources you used in your research.

citation

a passage or source cited for this purpose. 3. a listing or recounting, as of facts. 4. an official commendation or award, esp for bravery or outstanding service, work, etc, usually in the form of a formal statement made in public.

Person Card

decorated piece of thick paper that contains a greeting or is used to write a message <birthday card> <note card> 2 : a thick stiff piece of paper or plastic that contains information about a person or business <I lost my library card.>

Original

noun. 1An electronic device which is capable of receiving information (data) in a particular form and of performing a sequence of operations in accordance with a predetermined but variable set of procedural instructions (program) to produce a result in the form of information or signals.