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what does it mean to be "computer literate"?
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| understanding the capabilites and limiations of computers and know how to use them wisely. |
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| How does being computer literate make you a savvy computer user and consumer? |
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| by understanding how a computer is consturcted and how its cvarious parts function. Be able to avoid hackers, viruses and internaet headaches. |
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| How can becomeing computer literate help you in a career? |
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| understandin how to use computers effectivly will help you be a more productive and valuable employee |
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| How does becoming computer literate help you deal with the challenges associated wtih technology?? |
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| enables you to form educated opions on issues such as ethics and legalityes, and to take stands based on accurate information rather tahn media hype and misinformation. |
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a type of computing that relates to emotion or deliberatly tries to influence emotion |
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| a type of wireless technology that uses radio waves to transmit data over short distances. often used to connect peripheralssuch as printeres and keyboards to computers or headsets to cell phones. |
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| the application of computer systems and techiniques to gather potentail legal evidence; a law enforment specailty used to fight hightech crime |
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| being familiar enoguh with computers that you understand thier capaliblites and limiations and know how to use them |
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| the process by which great amounts of data are analyzed and ivestiagted to spot signifcant patterns or trends within the data that would otherwise not be obvious. |
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| the discrepancy between those who have acecess to to the opportunies and knoweldge computers and the internet offers and those who do not. |
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| a home that has a computer and other digital devices that are all connected to a home network |
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| information technology (IT) |
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| THe set of techniques used in processsing and retriveing information |
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| the study of molecules and nanostructures whose size ranges from 1 to 100 nanometers |
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| the science revolving around the use of nanstructures to build devices on an extreamly small scale. |
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| the pracitce of relocating technical work to countries outside the united states |
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| a computer-controlled mannequin that simultes human body funcations and reactions. patient simulators are used in training doctors, nurses, and emergyency services personelle by simulating dangerous situations that would noramlly put live pateints at risk. |
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| persnal digital assistant (PDA) |
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| a small deice that enables a user to carry digital information |
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| the status of software that are not protected by copywrite |
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| radio frequency identifying tag (RFID tag) |
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| a tag that looks like a sticker or label, is attached to a batch of merchanidse, and contains a microchip that holds a unique sequence of numbers used to idenity the procut attached |
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| the set of compuer programs or instructions that tells the computer what to do and enables it to perform different tasks. |
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| an lcd mointor that uses active martix technology to charge each pixel indiviudally as needed; result is a clearer, brighter image than shown with a passive-matrix display |
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| a device that combines the functions of a pritner, scanner, fax machine, and copier into one machine |
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| one of the keys on a standard PC computer keyboard that is used in conjuction with other keys to perform additiona lshortcute and speical tasks |
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| the set of programs on a computer that helps a usre carry otu tasks such as word processesing, sending email, balancing a budget, creatin presentations, editing phoots, taking an online course, ect. |
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| a digit that corresponds to the on and off states of a computer;s switches. a bit conatins a value of either 0 or 1. |
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| the langue of computers to used to proces data into information, consisting of only the values 0 and 1, |
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| a type of monitor that was based on the original desgin of the televsion set and freatues a picutre tube device and screen made up of millions of pixels, or tny dots. |
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| a data processing device that hsyhrt, ptovrddrd, outputs, and sotres data and information |
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| a measure of the difference in light intentisty between the brightest white and the darkest balck colors that a moitor can produce. |
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| numbers, words, pictures, or sounds that represent fact, figures or idea. |
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| a device that is used to project images from a comuter onto a wall or viewing screen |
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| a leading alternative keyboard that puts the most commonly used letters in the english language on home keys, the keys in the middle row of the keybord. |
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| a type of keybord that is optoimzed for palying dpecific cideo games and has speical keys that perfom special functions. |
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| any part of the computer you can physcially touch |
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| a printer that has tiny hammer like keys that strike the paper through an inked ribbon, thus making a makr on the paper. |
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| data that had been orgainzed or presented in a meaningful fashion. |
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| comprises computing devices, software, and peripherals that use techniques , parts, and methods from an earlier time that are no logner popular |
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| magnietically shelided microphone |
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| a computer microphone that is designed to reduce interfernce from external sources and that usually plugs into a port on the sound card of teh compuer |
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| a printer that sprays ink or uses laser beams to make marks on the paper |
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| omnidirectional microphone |
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| a microphone tha picks up sounds from all directions at once |
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| the system software tha conrtols the way in which a computer system functions, including the managment of hardwar, peripherals and software |
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| a screen that uses comuter monitor technology in which electracl current passes through a liquid crystal solutino and charges groups of pixels, either in a row or colum, causing the screen to brigten with each pass of electrical current |
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| a device such as a monitor, prtiner or key bord tha connects to the system unit through ports |
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| a large printer that uses a comptuer controlled pen to procue overaized picutres taht reuire preicse contiunes lines to be drwan such as those reuied in maps and architiecural plans |
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| mainpulating or orgainzing data into information |
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| a keybord that gets its name from the first siz letters on the tip left row of alaphabetic keys on a keybord |
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| the set of computer programs or inscturctions that tells the computer what to d oand enables it to perfrom different tasks |
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| a pen shaped device used to tap or wirte on touch senstive screens |
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| the set of programs that enables a computers hard ware devies and aplication software to work together |
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| a printer that works either by melting wax ased ink onto ordinary paper or by burning dots onto spiecilly coated paper |
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| a program that downloads on your computer when you install a free-ware progrma. |
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| a software program that goes out and grabs the latest update of web materials according to your specifications |
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| a device that enables users to have wireless internet access with such moble devices as PDAs and notebooks |
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| a word used to regine logical serarches ie words and, not and or. |
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| a list that shows the hierarchy or previously viewed web pages within the web site that you are currently visiting. |
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| a highspeed internet connection such as cable satellite or difital subcriber line |
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| a small text file that some web sites automatically store on a client computers hard ddrive when a user vists the site |
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| a part of a uniform resource locator. consits of sites host and a suffix that indicates they type of organization |
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| a decvice the connects teh computer data to the DSL line and then separates te types of signelas into voice and data signals |
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| internet access that is done by transmitting data at the speed of light trhoguh glass fibers |
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| computer programs such as adware and spyware that are not destcutive but are primarily intrusive, annoying, or onjectional and download on your computer when you install or use other online content such as freeware program, ect. |
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