Worksheet

A grid of columns and rows into which you can enter numbers, text and formulas.

Workbook

A document that stores one or more worksheets.

Range

A group of cells that have been selected.

Fill Handle

It is a black square that can be used for many purposes.

Cell Reference

It is the location of a cell or a group of cells that contains the column letter and row number.

Active Cell

It is the cell that had been selected and is the cell in which you are putting information into.

Window

A part of the computer screen that shows an application's contents.

Toolbar

On a window a row of icons that represent commands, options, or applications.

Title bar

The bar on the top of the window that has the name of the program/application, the minimize button, maximize/restore button, and the close button.

Taskbar

It is a bar that has the start menu, currently running programs, and other programs.

Scrollbar

In a GUI, if certain graphics doesn't fit into the space on the computer window it allows you to scroll down the window to view the rest of the page.

Restore

The button you click on to make the size of the program on the screen to way it was before you maximized it.

Pointing Device

A device that can move a cursor on a GUI.

Minimize

The button that you click on that shrinks the screen.

Menu bar

The horizontal bar that has commands or options for you to choose from.

Menu

A list of commands/options that you choose from.

Maximize

This increases the size of the program on the screen by making it full screen.

Icons

Small pictures on your computer that represent either commands, files, and other functions.

Folder

A storage place on your computer where you can store documents.

Desktop

The screen that you first see when you start the computer.

Which OS is more accessible?

The OS that is more accessible for impaired people is the Microsoft Active Accessibility. It helps impaired people by providing programs such as screen readers, screen keyboards, and narrators to tell them what is on the screen.

Utility software

It adds more capabilities to the operating system. It is an essential and non-essential to the operating system.

User interface

Anything that can be used by a human using a specific device to change something they want.

Unix

It was one of the first multitasking operating systems that can be installed in any computer that had a C compiler.

Systems software

It refers to the utility programs, including the operating system. It manages computer resources. The software can include loaders, debuggers, and compilers.

Software development

It is the process in which better software is made.

Operating systems

The most important program that operates the basic tasks of a computer.

Network operating system

An operating systems that has special functions for computers in a local area network.

MS-DOS

An abbreviation for Microsoft Disk Operating System. It was Microsoft's first operating system for personal computers.

Language translators

A program that translates words or phrases from one language to another.