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Competences: Passport Agents - Thing #2

Window 7 - Tutorial 2: Intro to the Start Menu

Basic Definitions

Below are definitions of computer terms that are important to know. Working individually, define these terms in a Word file. Send them to me at ptalbert@ephratapubliclibrary.org. Make sure the definitions are ones you understand - not ones that you copy from the internet. You can certainly look them up online but the point of this exercise is for you to know what they mean.

Application

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

Dialogue Box

Hardware

Software

Programs

Operating System

Additional Assignments!

Continue to practice your typing!! The better you type, the more efficient you work. Here is another site with lots of typing games!

THEN - take this typing test and comment and tell us how you did. (I got an 87.1 WPM).