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Chapter 1: An Overview of Computer Concepts

 

1.      Arithmetic/Logic Unit

2.      Application Software

3.      Auxiliary (Secondary) Storage

4.      Central Processing Unit (CPU)

5.      Computer

6.      Computer System

7.      Computer Program

8.      Computer Programmer

9.      Control Unit

10.  Data

11.  Desktop Computer

12.  Diskette

13.  End User

14.  Graphical User Interface (GUI)

15.  Hardware

16.  Icon

17.  Information

18.  Information Processing Cycle

19.  Input

20.  Input Device

21.  Keyboard

22.  Laptop

23.  Mainframe

24.  Microcomputer (PC)

25.  Minicomputer

26.  Monitor

27.  Mouse

28.  Network

29.  Operating System

30.  Output

31.  Output Device

32.  Peripheral Device

33.  Printer

34.  Process

35.  Random Access Memory (RAM)

36.  Server

37.  Software

38.  Storage

39.  Supercomputer

40.  System Unit

41.  System Analyst

42.  System Software

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Chapter 2: Computer Software Applications

 

1.       Button

2.       Cell

3.       Clipboard

4.       Command

5.       Copy

6.       Cut

7.       Database

8.       Delete

9.       Desktop Publishing

10.   Editing

11.   Electronic Mail

12.   Field

13.   File

14.   Font

15.   Footer

16.   Formatting

17.   Formula

18.   Graphical User Interface (GUI)

19.   Header

20.   Icon

21.   Insert

22.   Integrated Software

23.   Justification (Alignment)

24.   Label

25.   Landscape

26.   Line Spacing

27.   Margins

28.   Menu

29.   Personal Information Management

30.   Point Size

31.   Portrait

32.   Presentation Graphic Software

33.   Print Preview

34.   Project Management Software

35.   Query

36.   Record

37.   Scroll

38.   Spell Check

39.   Spreadsheet

40.   Style

41.   Typeface

42.   User Interface

43.   Value

44.   Window

45.   Word Processing

46.   Word Wrap

47.  WYSIWYG

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Chapter 3: Input to the Computer

 

1.      Bar Code

2.      Command

3.      Data

4.      Digital Camera

5.      Digitizer

6.      Dumb Terminal

7.      Gestures

8.      Graphics Tablet

9.      Handwriting Recognition Software

10.  Image Scanner

11.  Input

12.  Intelligent Terminal

13.  Joystick

14.  Keyboard

15.  Light Pen

16.  Mouse

17.  Program

18.  Pointer

19.  Optical Character Recognition

20.  Optical Code Recognition

21.  Optical Mark Recognition

22.  Pen Input Device

23.  Point-of-Sale Terminal

24.  Speech Recognition

25.  Touch Screen

26.  Trackball

27.  Universal Product Code

28.  User Response

29.  Voice Input

30.  Video Input

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Chapter 4: The System Unit

 

1.      Analog

2.      American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)

3.      Arithmetic Operation

4.      Arithmetic/Logic Unit (ALU)

5.      Bay

6.      Bit

7.      Byte

8.      Bus

9.      Cage

10.  Central Processing Unit (CPU)

11.  Chip

12.  Connector

13.  Control Unit

14.  Coprocessor

15.  Decoding

16.  Drive Bay

17.  Executing

18.  Expansion Slot

19.  Fetching

20.  Integrated Circuit

21.  Kilobyte (KB)

22.  Logical Operation

23.  Machine Cycle

24.  Main Board (Motherboard; System Board)

25.  Main Memory

26.  Megabyte (MB)

27.  Megahertz (MHz)

28.  Microprocessor

29.  MIDI Port

30.  Parallel Port

31.  PCMCIA Card

32.  Port

33.  Power Supply

34.  Primary Storage

35.  Random Access Memory (RAM)

36.  Read Only Memory (ROM)

37.  SCSI Port

38.  Serial Port

39.  Storing

40.  System Unit

41.  Upgrade Socket

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Chapter 5: Output from the Computer

 

 

1.      Audio Output

2.      Computer Graphics

3.      Dot Matrix

4.      Dot Pitch

5.      Dots Per Inch (DPI)

6.      Flat Panel Display

7.      Hard Copy

8.      Impact Printer

9.      Inkjet Printer

10.  Laser Printer

11.  Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)

12.  Microfiche

13.  Monitor

14.  Nonimpact Printer

15.  Output

16.  Pages Per Minute

17.  Pixel (Picture Element)

18.  Plotter

19.  Refresh Rate

20.  Report

21.  Resolution

22.  Screen

23.  Soft Copy

24.  Thermal Printer

25.  Video Output

26.  Virtual Reality

27.  Voice Output

 

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Chapter 6: Secondary Storage

 

1.      Auxiliary (Secondary) Storage

2.      Backup

3.      CD-ROM

4.      Cluster

5.      Cylinder

6.      Data Compression

7.      Data Transfer Rate

8.      Defragmentation

9.      Diskette

10.  Double Density Disk (DD)

11.  File Allocation Table (FAT)

12.  Floppy Disk

13.  Gigabyte (GB)

14.  Hard Disk

15.  High Density Disk (HD)

16.  Magnetic Disk

17.  Magnetic Tape

18.  Mass Storage Device

19.  Optical Disk

20.  Partition

21.  PC Card

22.  Read/Write Head

23.  Sector

24.  Seek Time

25.  Small Computer System Interface (SCSI)

26.  Smart Card

27. Track

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Chapter 7: Communications and Networks

 

1.      Analog Signal

2.      Bandwidth

3.      Bits Per Second (bps)

4.      Bridge

5.      Bulletin Board System (BBS)

6.      Communications

7.      Common Carriers

8.      Dedicated Line

9.      Electronic Mail

10.  Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)

11.  Facsimile (FAX)

12.  Fiber Optics

13.  Gateway

14.  Global Positioning System (GPS)

15.  Groupware

16.  Host Computer

17.  Hardware Resource Sharing

18.  Information Resource Sharing

19.  Information Superhighway

20.  Integrated Services Digital Network (SDN)

21.  Internet

22.  Local Area Network (LAN)

23.  Microwaves

24.  Modulator/Demodulator (Modem)

25.  Network

26.  Node

27.  Online Services

28.  Protocol

29.  Router

30.  Server

31.  Site License

32.  Telecommunications

33.  Telecommuting

34.  Teleconferencing

35.  Teleprocessing

36.  Topology

37.  Transmission Media

38.  Voice Mail

39.  Wide Area Network (WAN)

 

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Chapter 8: Operating Systems and System Software

 

1.      autoexec.bat

2.      Background

3.      Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)

4.      Booting

5.      command.com

6.      config.sys

7.      Control Program

8.      Device Driver

9.      Disk Operating System (DOS)

10.  Language Translators

11.  Logon Code

12.  Macintosh

13.  Microsoft Windows NT

14.  Multiprocessing

15.  Multitasking

16.  Multiuser

17.  Operating Environment

18.  Operating System

19.  OS/2

20.  Password

21.  Print Spool

22.  Spooling

23.  System Software

24.  Timesharing

25.  UNIX

26.  User ID

27.  Utility Programs

28.  Virtual Memory

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Chapter 13: Ethics and Security

 

1.      Anti-virus Program

2.      Authentication

3.      Backup

4.      Boot Sector Virus

5.      Code of Conduct

6.      Computer Ethics

7.      Cracker (Hacker)

8.      Decipher (Decrypt)

9.      Disaster Recovery Plan

10.  Emergency Plan

11.  Employee Monitoring

12.  Encryption

13.  File Virus

14.  Identification

15.  Information Privacy

16.  Inoculated

17.  Logic Bomb

18.  Logon Code

19.  Noise

20.  Password

21.  Personal Identification Number (PIN)

22.   Power Surge

23.  Public Domain Software

24.  Recovery Plan

25.  Rescue Disk

26.  Restore

27.  Shareware

28.  Site License

29.  Software Piracy

30.  System Failure

31.  Time Bomb

32.  Trojan Horse

33.  Unauthorized Access

34.  Uninterruptable Power Supply

35.  User ID

36.  Vaccines

37.  Virus

38.  Virus Signature

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Chapter 14: Your Future in the Information Age

 

1.      Application Programmer

2.      Artificial Intelligence

3.      Communications Specialist

4.      Computer Engineer

5.      Computer Information Systems (CIS)

6.      Computer Operator

7.      Computer Science

8.      Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

9.      Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)

10.  Computer-Aided Instruction (CAI)

11.  Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM)

12.  Consultant

13.  Control Clerk

14.  Data Entry Operator

15.  Data Librarian

16.  Database Analyst

17.  Digital Convergence

18.  Executive Information System Specialist

19.  Information Center Specialist

20.  PC Network Specialist

21.  PC Support Specialist

22.  Quality Assurance Specialist

23.  Robotics

24.  Sales Representative

25.  Service and Repair Technician

26.  System Programmer

27.  System Analyst

28.  Technical Evaluator

29.  Technical Writer

30.  Trainer