1. Tech Ed
Computer Vocabulary

2. Another word for a program or software.
Application

3. Central Processing Unit
Where all the information you put into the computer is stored.
The “brains” of the computer.
Central Processing Unit

4. The screen you see when you first turn your computer on.
Desktop

5. Bold These words are bolded. These words are not bolded.
When you want to emphasize a word.
These words are bolded.
Bold

6. Anything you create in Microsoft Word is called a document.

7. A window that pops up and asks you questions.
Dialogue Box

8. All of the parts of a computer that you can touch such as the monitor, CPU, printer, mouse, and keyboard.
Hardware

9. Symbols or pictures that you can click on to perform an action
Symbols or pictures that you can click on to perform an action. Each program has its own icon.
ICON

10. Mouse The tool you can use to tell the computer what to do.
For example, you can open programs and files by clicking and double clicking.
Mouse

11. A design on the screen the turns on if you do not use your computer in a certain period of time.
Screen Saver

12. The bars across the top of the screen that have icons you can click on to do different things.
Tool Bars

13. Keyboard It is like a typewriter.
It is where you type and enter numbers.
It is one way to tell the computer what you want it to do.
Keyboard