Identify Recognizing what information you need and where to find it.
Find Locating information effectively using search tools, queries, and strategies.
Evaluate Judging the credibility, accuracy, and relevance of information.
Organize Structuring information so it’s clear, accessible, and usable.
Create Producing digital content such as documents, media, presentations, or data visualizations.
Communicate Sharing information appropriately and effectively using digital tools.
Protect Managing privacy, security, digital footprints, and ethical behavior online.
A set of keywords or phrases you enter into a search engine to find information.
A search typed in full, everyday language—like asking a question the way you’d ask another person.
A search‑engine program that crawls webpages, collects information, and helps build the index used to deliver search results.
The record of your online activities—both what you share and what is collected about you as you use the internet.
1. Input Devices
Tools that let you put information into the computer. Examples: keyboard, mouse, touchscreen.
2. Output Devices
Tools that let the computer send information back to you. Examples: monitor, speakers, printer.
3. CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Often called the brain of the computer. It processes instructions, performs calculations, and runs programs.
4. Memory (RAM)
Short‑term working memory. It stores data the computer is actively using so tasks run quickly.
5. Storage
Long‑term data storage. Examples: hard drives (HDD), solid‑state drives (SSD), flash storage.
A file is a digital container that stores information on a computer so it can be saved, opened, and used later.
The letters after the period in a filename that identify the file type and determine which program can open it.
A compressed file that reduces size and can bundle multiple files into one for easier storage and sharing.
Software you use over the internet through the cloud instead of installing it on your computer.
A personalized online space created by algorithms that show you content based on your behavior, which can limit the variety of information you see.
Technology that creates new content—like text, images, or audio—based on patterns it has learned from data.
A prompt is the instruction or question you give to an AI system to tell it what you want it to do.
The Internet is the global network of connected computers; the WWW is the system of websites and pages that you access through a browser using that network.
A program—like Chrome, Edge, Firefox, or Safari—that lets you access and view websites on the World Wide Web.
A URL is the web address you type or click to visit a specific webpage.