Computer Vocabulary

Press and let go of mouse button once quickly

• Click

• Press

• Touch

Screen that displays icons for programs, files, and folders

• Home

• Menu

• Desktop

Log in

• connect to the computer network

• Start using the computer

• open a program

A pointing device used to control the position of the cursor and to click on icons

• Mouse

• Keyboard

• Pointer

Capitalizes a whole word or sentence

• Caps Lock

• Shift

• All in Cap

Data that is stored in the computer

• Files

• Folders

• Programs

turn off computer

• Shutdown

• Scroll

• Close

Data

• Information that you input to a computer, or that the computer outputs

• Information that you delete in a computer or that the computer processes

• Information that you input to a computer and the computer deletes it.

This is a:

• Desktop

• Quick view

• Home

Crash

• when a computer suddenly stops working

• When a computer suddenly starts working

• when a computer stops and starts again.