Mouse Compact Disc Drive Hard Drive Motherboard

Home , Computer monitor, Computer mouse

Theme: Doctor’s Office Topic: Computer Parts—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Computer Parts

Mouse

A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen. Compact Disc

Drive

A drive that reads a compact disc and that is connected to an audio system. Hard Drive

A device for storing computer data that consists of one or more hard disks in a sealed case . Motherboard

The main circuit board especially of a personal computer.

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Theme: Doctor’s Office Topic: Computer Parts—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Computer Parts

Keyboard

This is where all the letters, numbers, and other buttons are located. When you type on it, the symbols appear on the monitor. Screen

The surface on which the image appears in an electronic display (as in a television set or computer terminal).

Monitor

The unit that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.

Speakers

These are the devices that the sounds come out of which are sometimes built into the monitor.

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Theme: Doctor’s Office Topic: Inside the Computer—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Inside the Computer Hard Drive

A device for storing computer data that consists of one or more hard disks in a sealed case .

Motherboard

The main circuit board especially of a personal computer .

Power

Supply Also called a power supply unit or PSU , the component that supplies power to a computer .

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Theme: Doctor’s Office Topic: How to Care for Computers & Computer Parts—Lesson Four (continued) Table 4—Vocabulary Cards: How to Care for Computers & Computer Parts

On /Boot Up

The power button is a round or square button that powers on and powers off a device.

Off/Shut Down

To turn the power off. Different Operating Systems have their own process to shut down a computer.

Air Can

Compressed air is a gas, or a combination of gases, that has been put under greater pressure than the air in the general environment. Compressed air in spray cans (sometimes called canned air ) is often used to clean things that are especially delicate or sensitive, such as keyboards or the inside of computer cases.

Screen Cloth

To clean the LCD screen we recommend that you use a non-rugged microfiber cloth, soft cotton cloth, or Swiffer duster.

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Theme: Typing/Keyboard Topic: Keyboard Letters—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Keyboard Letters

Keyboard This is where all the letters, numbers, and other buttons are located. When you type on it, the symbols appear on the monitor.

Letter Keys This is the area of the keyboard where all the letters reside.

Caps Lock key

A toggle key on computer keyboards that, when activated, causes all subsequent alphabetic characters to be uppercase, but has no effect on other keys .

Shift Key

A key on computer keyboards that gives the other keys an alternate meaning. When combined with alphabetic keys, the Shift key causes the system to output a capital letter.

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Theme: Typing/Keyboard Topic: Keyboard Letters—Lesson Two (continued)

Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Keyboard Letters

Keyboard This is where all the letters, numbers, and other buttons are located. When you type on it, the symbols appear on the monitor.

Letter Keys This is the area of the keyboard where all the letters reside.

Caps Lock key

A toggle key on computer keyboards that, when activated, causes all subsequent alphabetic characters to be uppercase, but has no effect on other keys .

Shift Key

A key on computer keyboards that gives the other keys an alternate meaning. When combined with alphabetic keys, the Shift key causes the system to output a capital letter.

Space bar

A bar at the bottom of the keyboard of a computer that when pressed down introduces a horizontal space into text, as between words.

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Theme: Typing/Keyboard Topic: Keyboard Numbers—Lesson Three (continued)

Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Keyboard Numbers

Keyboard

This is where all the letters, numbers, and other buttons are located. When you type on it, the symbols appear on the monitor.

One

Two

Three

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Theme: Typing/Keyboard Topic: Keyboard Numbers—Lesson Three (continued)

Four

Five

Six

Seven

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Theme: Typing/Keyboard Topic: Keyboard Numbers—Lesson Three (continued)

Eight

Nine

Zero

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Theme: Typing/Keyboard Topic: Other Keyboard Keys—Lesson Four (continued)

Table 4—Vocabulary Cards: Other Keyboard Keys

Enter Key

A key that moves the cursor (or insertion point) to the beginning of the next line.

Backspace

A key that moves the cursor or insertion point backward one character space. In addition to moving the cursor backward, the Backspace key usually deletes the character to the left of the cursor or insertion point. Shift Key

A key on computer keyboards that gives the other keys an alternate meaning. When combined with alphabetic keys, the Shift key causes the system to output a capital letter.

Caps Lock key

A toggle key on computer keyboards that, when activated, causes all subsequent alphabetic characters to be uppercase, but has no effect on other keys

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Theme: Animals Topic: Laptop Battery and Touch Pad—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Laptop Battery and Touch Pad

Battery

A battery is a hardware component that supplies power to a device, enabling that device to work without a power cord. Power

Button

The power button is a round or square button that powers on and powers off a device. Power

Cord A cord to conduct power to an electrical appliance

Touch Pad

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Theme: Animals Topic:Laptop Battery and Touch Pad—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Laptop Battery and Touch Pad (Part 2)

Heavy Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

Light Having little weight; not heavy.

Touch Screen

A visual display unit screen that allows the user to give commands to the computer by touching parts of the screen instead of using the keyboard.

Laptop Battery

Lithium-ion batteries are common in consumer electronics. They are one of the most popular types of rechargeable battery for portable electronics .

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Theme: Animals Topic: Desktop Computer—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Desktop Computer

Keyboard

This is where all the letters, numbers, and other buttons are located. When you type on it, the symbols appear on the monitor. Screen

The surface on which the image appears in an electronic display (as in a television set or computer terminal)

Monitor

The unit that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.

Mouse

A little device that you move with your hand which then moves the cursor on the screen.

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Theme: Animals Topic: Desktop Computer—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Desktop Computer (Part 2)

Power

Button

The power button is a round or square button that powers on and powers off a device.

Tower The most common configuration for a desktop computer is an upright tower or (horizontal) desktop case housing the main components of the PC (power supply, motherboard, hard drive, compact disc drive), a computer monitor, and the keyboard and mouse.

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Theme: Animals Topic: Laptop vs. Desktop—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Laptop vs. Desktop Desktop

Computer

A desktop computer is a personal computer in a form intended for regular use at a single location, as opposed to a

mobile laptop or portable computer . Laptop Computer

A computer that is portable and suitable for use while traveling.

Screen

The surface on which the image appears in an electronic display (as in a television set or computer terminal)

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Theme: Animals Topic: Laptop vs. Desktop—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Laptop vs. Desktop (Part 2)

Monitor

The unit that shows you what you are doing. It is like a viewer that displays what the computer sends to it.

Keyboard

This is where all the letters, numbers, and other buttons are located. When you type on it, the symbols appear on the monitor.

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Theme: Animals Topic: Computer Add-ons—Lesson Four (continued) Table 4—Vocabulary Cards: Computer Add-ons

Speaker

Speakers are popular output devices used with computer systems. They receive audio input from the computer's sound card and produce audio output in the form of sound waves.

Headphones

A receiver, as for a telephone, radio, or stereo, held to the ear by a headband.

Head Set

Hardware device connected to telephones or computers that allow a user to talk and listen while keeping their hands free.

Microphone

Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.

Printer

A printer is a component which makes a image of an electronic document on physical media (most likely paper).

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Theme: Pet Shop Topic: Font/Color/Size—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Font/Color/Size

Word Font

A writing style.

Word Color

Change the color of (something) by painting or dyeing it with crayons, paints, or dyes. Size word The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

word Bold A thicker Text

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Theme: Pet Shop Topic: Types of Mice—Lesson Two (continued)

Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Types of Mice

Trackball Mouse

A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball held by a socket containing sensors to detect a rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside- down mouse with an exposed protruding ball. Optical

Mouse

Uses a light to detect movement relative to a surface, unlike a mechanical mouse which has a ball which rotates orthogonal shafts which drive chopper wheels for distance measurement.

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Theme: Pet Shop Topic: Types of Mice—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Types of Mice

Trackball Mouse

A trackball is a pointing device consisting of a ball held by a socket containing sensors to detect a rotation of the ball about two axes—like an upside-down mouse with an exposed protruding ball.

Optical Mouse

Uses a light to detect movement relative to a surface, unlike a mechanical mouse which has a ball which rotates orthogonal shafts which drive chopper wheels for distance measurement.

Touch Pad

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Theme: Transportation/Construction Site Topic: Arrow/Cursor--Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Arrow/Cursor

Arrow A specific shape of a cursor. There are many different shapes a cursor can take on.

Cursor A movable indicator on a computer screen identifying the point that will be affected by input from the user, for example showing where typed text will be inserted.

Point

Using the cursor to identifying the area where typed text will be inserted.

Click

Depression of a button on a computer mouse.

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Theme: Transportation/Construction Site Topic: Icon(s)/Double Click—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Icons/Double Click

Icon

A symbol or graphic representation on a screen of a program, option, or window, especially one of several for selection.

Double Click

Click a mouse button twice in rapid succession.

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Theme: Transportation/Construction Site

Topic: Clicking and Dragging—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Clicking and Dragging

Clicking

Depression of a button multiple times on a computer mouse.

Dragging

To move (a pointing device, such as a mouse) while pressing down on one of its buttons.

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Theme: Transportation/Construction Site Topic: Power—Lesson Four (continued) Table 4—Vocabulary Cards: Power

On /Boot Up

The power button is a round or square button that powers on and powers off a device.

Off/Shut Down

To turn the power off. Different Operating Systems have their own process to shut down a computer.

Reboot

The process by which a running computer system is restarted, either intentionally or unintentionally.

Power Cord A cord to conduct power to an electrical appliance

Computer Ports

Is a place or input on your computer that information goes into and out of. Examples of this are USB Ports and Parallel Ports.

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Theme: Farmers Market/Farm /Restaurant

Topic: Minimize-Maximize-Restore-Close—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Minimize-Maximize-Restore-Close

Minimize

To make (a program's window) change to a very small form that takes almost no room on a computer's screen

Maximize

To enlarge the window to the size of the screen.

Restore

To put the window to the original size.

To close the window or program.

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Theme: Farmers Market/Farm /Restaurant Topic: Start Menu—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Start Menu

Start Menu

Provides quick access to programs, folders, and system settings.

Restaurant

A list of the dishes served at a meal in a restaurant.

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Theme: Farmers Market/Farm /Restaurant Topic: Task Bar—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Card: Task Bar

Taskbar

A row of buttons or graphical controls on a computer screen that represent open programs, among which the user can switch back and forth by clicking on the appropriate one.

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Theme: Farmers Market/Farm/Restaurant Topic: Desktop/Wallpaper—Lesson Four (continued) Table 4—Vocabulary Cards: Desktop/Wallpaper

Desktop

The background image of a display screen, on which windows, icons, and other graphical items appear.

Wallpaper Background

Wallpaper is the monitor pattern or picture or other graphic representation that forms the background onto which all the icons, menus and other elements of the operating system are displayed and moved around.

Center

Place in the middle.

Stretch

Capable of being made longer or wider without tearing or breaking .

Tile

To display objects in rows and columns.

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Theme: Post Office Topic: Hard Drive—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Hard Drive

Hard Drive

A device for storing computer data that consists of one or more hard disks in a sealed case .

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Theme: Post Office Topic: Memory—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Memory Memory

Your computer uses memory (RAM) to store actively running programs on the computer, including the operating system. For example, the operating system's interface and other processes get loaded into memory when the computer boots up. When you open a program like Microsoft Word, it gets loaded into the computer's memory as well. When you quit the program, the memory is freed up for use by other programs. RAM can be accessed hundreds of times faster than a hard drive, which is why active programs are loaded into RAM.

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Theme: Post Office Topic: Portable Storage Devices—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Portable Storage Devices

Flash Drive

A small, portable flash memory card that plugs into a computer’s USB port and functions as a portable hard drive.

Memory Card

An electronic flash memory storage disk commonly used in consumer electronic devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players, mobile phones.

Hard Drive

A device for storing computer data that consists of one or more hard disks in a sealed case.

Compact Disc

A s mall optical disk on which data such as music, text, or graphic images is digitally encoded.

Theme: Post Office Topic: Care For Your Compact Discs—Lesson Four (continued) Table 4—Vocabulary Cards: Care For Your Compact Discs

Compact Disc

A s mall optical disk on which data such as music, text, or graphic images is digitally encoded.

Jewel Case

A plastic case for a compact disc.

Theme: Music Store/Music Studio

Topic: Web Camera—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Web Camera

Web Camera Is a video camera that feeds its image in real time to a computer or computer network.

Theme: Music Store/Music Studio

Topic: Microphone/Sound Recorder—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Microphone/Sound Recorder (Part 1) Microphone

Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.

Microphone

Icon

A symbol or graphic representation of the Microphone. Headphone

Icon A symbol or graphic representation of a Headphone.

Record Icon

A symbol or graphic representation of the button to begin recording.

Theme: Music Store/Music Studio

Topic: Microphone/Sound Recorder—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Microphone/Sound Recorder (Part 2)

Stop Icon A symbol or graphic representation to stop the recording or playing of songs or movies.

Volume Icon

A symbol or graphic representation to adjust the sound either higher or lower.

Back Icon

A symbol or graphic representation to reverse your recording.

Play Icon

A symbol or graphic representation to begin the play back of your recording, music or movie.

Sound Recorder

Sound Recorder can record audio from a microphone or headset .

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Topic: Review of Previous Add-Ons—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Add-ons (Part 1)

Speakers

These are the devices that the sounds come out of which are sometimes built into the monitor.

Headphones

A receiver, as for a telephone, radio, or stereo, held to the ear by a headband.

Head Set

Hardware device connected to telephones or computers that allow a user to talk and listen while keeping their hands free.

Microphone

Device for converting sound waves into electrical energy.

Theme: Music Store/Music Studio Topic: Review of Previous Add-Ons—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Add-ons (Part 2)

Printer

A printer is a component which makes a image of an electronic document on physical media (most likely paper).

Keyboard

This is where all the letters, numbers, and other buttons are located. When you type on it, the symbols appear on the monitor.

Theme: Vacation/Travel Topic: Digital Camera—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Digital Camera Film A thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures.

Battery

A battery is a hardware component that supplies power to a device, enabling that device to work without a power cord. Picture

Represent (someone or something) in a photograph or picture.

Strap

A strip of leather, cloth, or other flexible material, often with a buckle, used to fasten, secure, or carry something or to hold onto something.

Theme: Vacation/Travel Topic: Digital Camera—Lesson One (continued) Table 1—Vocabulary Cards: Digital Camera (continued)

Button

A push-button switch.

Lens

A lens that focuses the image in a camera.

Memory

Card

An electronic flash memory storage disk commonly used in consumer electronic devices such as digital cameras, MP3 players, mobile phones.

Theme: Vacation/Travel Topic: Digital Camera—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Digital Camera

Change/Edit

A change or correction made as a result of editing.

A short distance away or apart in space or time.

Letters/Text

A written symbol or character representing a speech sound and being a component of an alphabet.

Theme: Vacation/Travel Topic: Digital Camera—Lesson Two (continued) Table 2—Vocabulary Cards: Digital Camera (continued)

Zoom Out

To (cause a camera or computer to) make the image of something or someone appear much smaller and further away.

Far

At, to, or by a great distance (used to indicate the extent to which one thing is distant from another).

Zoom In

To (cause a camera or computer to) make the image of something or someone appear much larger and nearer.

Theme: Vacation/Travel Topic: Kindle and Nook Tablets—Lesson Three (continued) Table 3—Vocabulary Cards: Kindle and Nook Tablets

Kindle

A portable e-book reader devices.

Nook

A portable e-book reader devices.

Theme: Vacation/Travel Topic: iPad, iPhone and iPod Tablets—Lesson Four (continued) Table 4—Vocabulary Cards: iPod, iPad, iPhone

iPod

A portable electronic device for playing and storing digital audio and video files.

iPad A tablet computer that serves primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, news, movies, music, games, presentations and web content.

iPhone

A cellular phone that is able to perform many of the functions of a computer, typically having a relatively large screen and an operating system capable of running general-purpose applications.