Technology Terminology Jeopardy

A - D E - F G - M M - S S - Z

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$200 $200 $200 $200 $200

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$500 $500 $500 $500 $500

A - D - $100

A box in a spreadsheet or table where you can enter information.

A - D - $100

What is a cell?

A - D - $200

A strip of information running up and down, like in a newspaper.

A - D - $200

What is a column?

A - D - $300

Where the action is on your screen, shown by a flashing line.

A - D - $300

What is a cursor?

A - D - $400

A program that helps you manage large collections of information. You can use it to store, sort, and

easily find information.

A - D - $400

What is a database?

A - D - $500

On a PC, the background behind all your windows, menus, and dialog

boxes.

A - D - $500

What is desktop?

E - F - $100

Sending and receiving messages through a computer network.

E - F - $100

What is email?

E - F - $200

Separate but related pieces of information you can enter in a

database, such as a name, address, or city.

E - F - $200

What is a field?

E - F - $300

A collection of information stored on your computer with its own

name.

E - F - $300

What is a file?

E - F - $400

An area that holds a group of documents. Also called a

directory.

E - F - $400

What is a folder?

E - F - $500

Is used to perform mathematical calculations such as addition,

subtraction, multiplication, and division.

E - F - $500

What is a formula?

G - M - $100

Any part of a computer system that you can see or touch, such as a keyboard, screen, mouse and so

on.

G - M - $100

What is hardware?

G - M - $200

A little picture on your screen that you can click on with your

mouse. It can represent a file, program, peripheral, or tool.

G - M - $200

What is an icon?

G - M - $300

The biggest computer network in the world, reaching millions of

people, on thousands of interconnected networks.

G - M - $300

What is the Internet?

G - M - $400

To gain access to a computer system, usually by entering your

user name and password.

G - M - $400

What is log in?

G - M - $500

To enlarge a window to fill your whole screen.

G - M - $500

What is maximize?

M - S - $100

To reduce a window on your screen.

M - S - $100

What is minimize?

M - S - $200

A powerful blend of text, graphics, sound, animation, and video on

your computer.

M - S - $200

What is multimedia?

M - S - $300

A group of connected computers that allows people to share

information and equipment.

M - S - $300

What is a network?

M - S - $400

A horizontal line of boxes in a spreadsheet or table.

M - S - $400

What is a row?

M - S - $500

A bar at the edge of a window you can use to move through a

document.

M - S - $500

What is a scroll bar?

S - Z - $100

Electronic instructions that tell your computer what to do.

S - Z - $100

What is software?

S - Z - $200

A program used for accounting, budgeting, and other types of

number-crunching.

S - Z - $200

What is a spreadsheet?

S - Z - $300

The process of sending and receiving information over a

distance.

S - Z - $300

What is telecommunications?

S - Z - $400

A horizontal strip of buttons near the top of a window that provides

shortcuts for commonly used commands.

S - Z - $400

What is a toolbar?

S - Z - $500

Software you can use to produce documents, including letters,

reports, manuals, and newsletters.

S - Z - $500

What is a word processor?