Term

Definition

Ranking

Example

Applications Software

programs written to do tasks for humans

10

educational software

CPU

central processing unit

14

Digital Camera

stores pictures on disk instead of film

2

camera we used in class

e-mail

electronic mail

6

Hotmail

Giga Byte

billion little dots of memory

13

amounts of space

Hardware

part of computer system that is hard

11

metal or plastic on computer

Home Page

first page of a web site

3

index.html

Input Device

what you use to get information into the computer

9

Keyboard

ISP

Internet Service Provider

7

AOL

Mega Byte

million little dots of memory

12

amounts of space

Monitor

displays images

4

color or black and white

Output Device

what you use to get information from the computer

8

Monitor

Printer

most common output device

15

Laser Printer

Rubric

chart of criteria

1

scoring on assignment

URL

universal resource locator

5

https://carriekosmicki.tripod.com/

Term

Definition

Ranking

Example

Rubric

chart of criteria

1

scoring on assignment

Digital Camera

stores pictures on disk instead of film

2

camera we used in class

Home Page

first page of a web site

3

index.html

Monitor

displays images

4

color or black and white

URL

universal resource locator

5

CarrieKosmicki.tripod.com

e-mail

electronic mail

6

Hotmail

ISP

Internet Service Provider

7

AOL

Output Device

what you use to get information from the computer

8

Monitor

Input Device

what you use to get information into the computer

9

Keyboard

Applications Software

programs written to do tasks for humans

10

educational software

Hardware

part of computer system that is hard

11

metal or plastic on computer

Mega Byte

million little dots of memory

12

amounts of space

Giga Byte

billion little dots of memory

13

amounts of space

CPU

central processing unit

14

Printer

most common output device

15

Laser Printer