Keyboarding Vocab 1-3

Front

How something is done in a process

Back

Procedure

Front

Formerly keyboarding, involves touch keying, formatting, and document processing.

Back

Touch systems data entry

Front

Data

Back

information

Front

Monitor

Back

Displays text and graphics on a screen.

Front

A palm-sized device that slides on wheels or ball bearings to move the cursor and input commands.

Back

Mouse

Front

Internal operating unit or 'brain' of a computer

Back

CPU (central processing unit)

Front

Keys on the right side of the keyboard for numeric input and calculations.

Back

Numeric Keypad

Front

Curve fingers of right hand on keypad: index on 4, middle on 5, ring on 6, thumb on 0, pinky on enter.

Back

Home key position on a keypad

Front

Also known as Num Lock, activates/deactivates numeric keypad.

Back

Number Lock

Front

Alphanumeric keys

Back

letters, numbers, and symbols