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Account: A way of connecting a user to an information service or network.
Algorithm: A series of commands.
Alter: To change.
Analog: A way of showing information using physical, moving parts that change continuously—like a clock with hands, instead of digital numbers on a screen.
App (Application): A specialized computer program designed to help you do specific tasks or play games on a phone, tablet, or computer.
Artificial Intelligence (AI): Smart computer systems trained to think, learn, and solve problems in ways that mimic human thinking.
Attachment: A digital file—such as a photo, document, or video—that you clip onto and send along with an email message.
Automation: Using machines, software, or technology to complete tasks automatically without needing a person to do them manually every time.
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B
Backspace (key)
Browser
Bold
Binary
Blog
Bookmarks/Favorites
Broadband
Byte
Bluetooth
Bug
C
C
CAD
Caret
Caret
A small blinking vertical line showing your current location within a text box or word processing document and where the next number or letter you type will go.
Circuit
Click
Click
When you quickly press and release a mouse button or touchpad with your finger. This is usually used to interact with a program or document on a computer to select something on-screen.
Computer
Coding
Component
Cookie
Cursor
Cursor
A pointer, typically in the shape of an arrow, that shows your position on a computer screen and is used to make a selection. The cursor is usually moved by a mouse or touchpad and makes a selection by clicking a button.
Cyber
Cyberbullying
Chatbot
Cloud
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D
Download
Document
Data
Digital
Device
Dashboard
Drone
Debug
E
E
Edit
Encryption
F
F
Font
File
Favorites/Bookmarks
FAQ
Firewall
Filter
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G
GIF
Glitch
Gigabytes
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H
Hard Drive
Hardware
Headphones
HDMI
Highlight
Hack/Hacker/Hacking
HTML
Homepage
Hashtag
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I
Input
Input
The information that a user provides to the computer.
Internet
iPad
iPhone
Italics
Icon
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J
JPG
K
K
Keyboard
L
L
Laptop
Loop
Link
Log In/Log Out
M
M
Mouse
Monitor
Motherboard
Modem
Media
Megabytes
Microchip
Mobile
Meme
N
N
Network
Nanotechnology
O
O
Output
Output
Information a computer gives back to the user.
Online
Offline
Operating System
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P
Processing
Processing
Using stored information to complete a task.
Printer
Playstation
Photoshop(ped)
Password
PC
Program(ming)
Protocol
Post
Privacy
Q
Q
R
R
Robot
Reset
Router
RAM
Restart/Reboot
Remote
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S
Screen Time
Screen Time
Search Engine
Storage
Storage
Saving information to memory.
Sign In/Sign Out
Shift (key)
Submit
Software
Server
Social media
Screensaver
Spam
Sort
Simulation
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T
Tab(s): Extra open pages in your internet browser window that let you switch between different websites easily without opening a new window.
Technology: Tools, machines, and gadgets created by people to solve problems and make tasks easier—like computers, tablets, and light bulbs.
Text message: A short written note sent electronically from one phone or digital device to another.
Touch-screen: A glass display screen on a computer, phone, or tablet that lets you interact with it simply by tapping or swiping with your finger.
Toolbar: A row of buttons or icons across the top or side of a computer screen that gives you quick shortcuts to tools like save, print, or draw.
Terabyte: A massive amount of digital storage space—enough to hold about one million photos or hundreds of movies!
Troll: Someone on the internet who deliberately posts mean, fake, or annoying comments just to upset others and start arguments.
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U
Username
USB
Upgrade
Upload
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V
Virtual
Virtual Assistant
Virus
Voice-activated
Viral
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W
Website
Windows
Wi-Fi
Wireless
Wallpaper
World Wide Web
X
X
Xbox
Y
Y
Z
Z
Zoom
Zoom In
Zoom Out
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