K2 Terminology

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K-2 Terminology

• Computer terms you should know at the end of
  Kindergarten,
• First and Second Grade

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Kindergarten Terminology
Click

• to select by pressing
• a button on a mouse

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Kindergarten Terminology
Drag

• To click on an item and move it across the
  screen, while holding down on the left mouse
  button

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Kindergarten Terminology Cont.
Disk
Storage device allows us to store documents to
work on another computer
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Kindergarten Terminology Cont.
Drag
To move the mouse while its button is being
depressed
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Kindergarten Terminology Cont.
Icon
A small picture on the desktop or taskbar, which
represents a program or task that it will complete
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Kindergarten Terminology Cont.
Double Click
To click the mouse two times quickly to open a
program
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
The first screen you see containing the program
icons
Desktop
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Menu
A box which opens when you clicked on and gives
you options
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Menu Bar
A bar at the top of the program currently being
used, displaying the title of each menu
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Space
The act of pressing the spacebar in order to
separate individual words or numbers
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Shut Down
To end a program or turn off a computer
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Delete
To eliminate text
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Save
To permanently keep a document or other work
either on the CPU or a CD/Floppy disk
SAVE YOUR WORK!
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Documents
Work created in a software program, often a
letter or a paragraph.
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Text
ABC
Any combination of words or letters entered by a
keyboard
ABC
ABC
ABC
ABC
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Folder
way of organizing documents or program icons
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
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Double Space
To add two spaces between text.
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1st Grade Terminology Cont.
Bar at the bottom of the screen that is
currently being used, displaying the title of
each menu.
Task Bar
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2nd Grade Terminology Cont.
Highlight
I can use the COMPUTER.
To drag your mouse over an area in order to
delete, copy or bring attention to text
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2nd Grade Terminology Cont.
I am using the TAB key to begin a new paragraph.
The TAB key is located above the Caps Lock
key. You will press the TAB button by using your
pinky finger.
To indent a paragraph.