Keyboarding

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Keyboarding

• Keyboarding Vocabulary Part 1 A

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Keyboarding Vocabulary

• 1. GWAM
• Stands for gross words a minute
• How many words you can type in a minute
• one-word 5 characters, including spaces

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• 2. Character- Letters, spaces, numbers, symbols,
  and punctuation marks
• To calculate GWAM
• The boy followed Samantha home.

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• 3. Hardware - the physical parts of a computer
  system such as the monitor, keyboard, and the CPU

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Keyboarding Vocabulary

• 4. Software - the computer program that tells the
  computer what to do.
• Examples
• Microsoft Word
• Microtype

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• 5. Input device - hardware that allows you to
  communicate with your computer.
• (Lets you enter something into it)
• Examples include keyboard and mouse

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• 6. Output Device - hardware that allows your
  computer to communicate with you.
• (puts something out for you)
• Examples include monitor and printer.

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• 7. Service keys - special keys, that allow you
  to use the computer to perform specific
  functions.
• Examples
• space bar, tab, caps lock, control, shift,
  delete, return, arrow keys

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• 8. Desk top - The screen on your monitor where
  icons and programs are located.

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• 9. Icon - Picture symbols for
• programs and documents

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