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| Screen Saver - A program that helps prolong a monitor's life by saving it from permanent ghosting. Scroll-to move text up and down and left and right on the screen Scroll Bar-used to show and control ("scroll") which portion of a document is currently visible in a window. A window may have a horizontal or, most often, vertical scroll bar or both; contains a "bubble" whose position in the scroll bar represents the position of the visible part within the whole document. Service-An electronic service that allows you to communicate with others using your computer and a modem. Shift Key-key on a keyboard that is used to capitalize letters when pressed with that letter key Sign-on name-The name other people will use when they communicate with you electronically. Single space (SS)-when keying text, the act of spacing text one line apart. Softcopy-output from a computer that you can see or hear, but cannot touch Example: output from a monitor or speaker Software-A set of electronic instructions that tells a computer what to do. Space Bar-key on a keyboard that spaces the cursor forward one space at a time and produces a blank space when pressed Special Function Keys-keys that carry out specific things Example: shift keys, return/enter keys, caps lock key Spell Checker-part of a word processing program that uses a disk-based dictionary to check and correct misspellings in documents. Strike-to tab or press the key of a keyboard with a finger or thumb Surge Protector-A device that protects a computer from fluctuations in power. A surge protector regulates the amount of electricity that flows to the computer and prevents high-voltage surges from damaging a computer. Symbol key-key on a keyboard that contains a symbol |
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