Records- contains all the information for a
particular person or thing when creating your data file to be used in a
mail merge.
In visual basics you always insert objects on to a
form
You must have a browser in order to open a web
page that has been published
In visual basic a caption is a type of property
If you don’t want to see an image on the form in
Visual Basic, then set the image visible. to false
John Brown did not play a part in the history of
computers
The co founders of apple computer are Steve Jobs
and Steve Wozniak
Good netiequette is important since high standards
of communication are important, we must use polite writing standards in
email, and indicating your web sources is important
@ is the symbol that separates the user name from
the rest of the email address
in order to change the characteristics of an
object in Visual Basic, change the properties of the object
a modem is an internet connection device
you can create form letters and mailing labels
when using the mail merge feature
George Boole is credited with developing a system
of logic using truth tables- using “and, not, or”- that is still in use
today
You need an internet connection, an internet
service provider, and browser software in order to access the world wide
web
The alignment property is used to center, right,
left, or justify text
Windows 2000 is an example of an operating system
Yahoo is a search engine
.gif is a file extension that represents graphic
file
when saving a new Visual Basic project, save the
form (.frm) and project (.vbp) files
Select Preview to to test a web page that you have
created in FrontPage
The Uniform Resource Locator is the website
address
You cannot create a hyperlink to a cell phone
address from your web page
The BASIC computer language is short for
Beginners- All Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
If you were saving something to your floppy
removal disk you would save it to the A: disk drive
When you are pasting something that has been cut,
it is being stored in the clipboard part of memory
A cell is the intersection of a row and column in
a table
You must doeble click when you are opening a
program icon on the desktop using the mouse
The SAVE AS dialogue box lets you choose a new
name for the document and where you are saving the document
One megabyte is the amount of memory used to
represent approximately one million characters
The tabs at the bottom of the page in FrontPage
allow you to change views from Normal to HTML to preview
RAM is known as memory that disappears when you
turn off the computer
You can only modify and edit your web page in
Normal and HTML in FrontPage
You can change the background color of a web page
through Format Background and Page Properties
The address of a page on the world wide web is
also known as the URL
Scanner and mouse are examples of devices that can
ONLY be used for input
A kilobyte is 1024 bytes
When you modify a document with a word processor
such as Word, you may use the backspace key, find the replace feature,
and cut and paste
Clip art is a picture that can be copied and
pasted or inserted into a document
A printer is an output device, hardware, and a
peripheral device
To have the dot appear in an option button in
Visual Basic select Value = True
Largest to smallest: gigabyte, megabyte, kilobyte,
byte
Microsoft Powerpoint is a word processor, used to
create web pages, and used to create slide presentations
Tables are used in Microsoft Word to present texts
and graphic information in a grid like format
A homepage is the first page in a Website that
displays the content and links
Your computer must have an operating system in
order to work
A Bookmark is used to bring you from one point on
a page to another
In Microsoft Powerpoint , transitions are the way
one slide flows into the next during a slideshow
The data that goes into a program, and is the
processed- is called input
Slide sorter view displays miniature images of
your slides
Slide show view displays your full size slides on
the screen, looking much like a slide projector display
There are 8 bits in a byte
A search engine is a site that lets you search the
internet
One reason for a marquee in Microsoft FrontPage is
to display horizontally scrolling text
To switch back and forth between two open web
pages, click on the Window tab in the menu bar, and select the page you
want
Formatting a disk does not describe backing up
information
The three letter mnemonic for the Visual Basic
form is frm
Intel is a large corporation, known for
manufacturing of computer chips
A footer is a text reference that could be a page
number or date and appears at the bottom of one or more pages
While working on a word processing document- you
should save it periodically
In word processing a header is a block of text
placed at the top of a page that prints uniformly on each page
The largest header size is H1
HTML tags are enclosed in wickets or angle
brackets
Bullets can be used to indicate a list of items in
a document
It is best to retain the default colors for
hyperlinks because they are familiar to your website visitor
Giving out handouts for your slide show audience
makes it easier for them to follow your show
To save a document in Word with a new name, but
still hold on to the old version you click File, SAVE AS and save with a
new name
HTTP is not a programming language
The key unit for measuring data in a computer is
in bytes
Coding a subroutine behind an object in Visual
Basic is coding for an event
Command button is an object in Visual Basic
The user of a program in Visual Basic interacts
with the form
If you see wavy red lines underneath words in Word
or Power Point, it means that you have spelling errors
a print layout is not a Power Point view
sending junk mail to others on the web is not
called flaming
Microsoft word is not an operating system
In Visual Basic a form is a container object for
other objects like command buttons and labels
If you change the text property on a form you
don’t have to run the program to see the new text on the form
The printer is a peripheral device that issues
output
Visual Basic is a programming language that uses a
GUI
DOS is a text based operating system
A program is a series of instructions that tells a
computer what to do
A touch screen monitor and a disk drive are both
examples of input and output devices
Default computer sayings are another way of saying
computer factory settings
GIF images are best used for graphics and JPEG are
best used for photos
Instead of a caption property, a text box has the
visible property
To insert a picture that you saved on a floppy
disk into your web page, yoshould click on : insert -> picture-> from
file
www is not an internet connection device
Robert Noyce and and Gordon Mooreare credited with
founding Intel
Windows XP is an example of an operating system
.jpg is the file extension that represents a
graphic file
to run an application that you have created in
Visual Basic select the start command from the run menu or click the
start button on the toolbar
a URL is Uniform Resource Locator
when you are saving something it is saved to the
disk
holding down the mouse button while moving the
mouse is called dragging
the SAVE AS dialogue box lets you choose a new
name for the document
one byte is the amount of memory used to represent
one character
the tabs at the bottom of the page in FrontPage
allow you to change views from Normal to HTML to Preview
ROM is memory that can only be read
A URL is the address of a page on the world wide
web
a bit is a single 0 or 1 in a binary number
the term user- interface describes communications
between the user and the computer
networks allow people to share data, hardware, and
programs
web pages are the basic documents of the world
wide web that are written in HTML
tables are used in Microsoft FrontPage to present
texts and graphics information in a grid like format
a bug is an error in a program that causes it to
work improperly
all computers must have an operating system
Power Point automatically appends the extension
.ppt to a file when you save a presentation
To save a document as a webpage, you do it with
.htm as the file extension
Grace Hopper found a roach in her computer that
caused it not to work
DOS is a text based operating system
A potentially damaging program that copies itself
from computer to computer is a kid of virus
The internet is a collection of networks
mouse- a common pointing input device
icon- a small picture that is displayed on the
screen and intended to depict task pictorially
printer- common output device
scanner- input device that reads images and
converts the data into digital signals
USB part- short for universal serial buz, an
external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 mbps.
Allows for “plug and play’- easy installation
File- a collection of data that has a filename
Cache RAM- special kind of RAM that is the fastest
OS- operating system. Main program of the computer
which determines where everything goes
GUI- graphical user interface- uses pictures
instead of commands
Program- set of instructions that tells a computer
what to do
Peripheral device- hardware that is attached to
the main part of the computer, under its control
Modem- a device connected to the computer and
phone line that allows the computer to talk to other computers through a
phone line. Short for modulator demodulator
Hardware- physical devices that make up the
computer and its peripherals
Input- data used by the computer
Output- data produced by a computer program
ROM- read only memory- containing permanent
instructions that cannot be changed
RAM- random access memory- not permanent
Chip- a piece of silicon that contains many
integrated circuits- also called the microprocessor
CPU- central processing unit- the brains of the
computer
