A Screen Tip is a little help box that comes with a program's function/object
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Rotation Handle
Rotation Handle is the something in the mouse that allows you to manually rotate your picture
Rich Text Format (RTF)
Rich Text Format or RTF is a format in Microsoft office allows you to add macros and more dynamics to your work
Ribbon
The Ribbon is something that has all the options in Microsoft office that allows you to edit your document more.
Reviewing pane
A Reviewing Pane is a part of the ribbon that checks the document to see if there are certain errors in your writing or data.
Restrict Permission
Restrict Permissions are permissions that prevent the person reading the document from doing anything editing and marks the document as read only
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Replace
To Replace something is to remove one string of text or data source and substitute it with another
Repeat
To Repeat something is to recreate a string of text or a sequence of instructions multiple times
Referential integrity
R-Squared
A statistical measure that represents the percentage of a fund or security's movements that can be explained by movements in a benchmark index.
Quick Access Toolbar
A Quick Access Toolbar is a toolbar that has shortcuts to the most frequent used functions of a program.
Properties
Properties are the credentials of the file's structure. Things like size, file type, author are all properties.
Program
A Program is a list of instructions (usually with control structures) that tell the computer what to do. They support all four of input output storage and processing prowess.
Print Queue
Print Queue is a small area in memory that can hold a document to be printed until the printer can print it.
Print Driver
A Print Driver is a piece of software that converts data from the computer to words on paper
Portrait
A Portrait is a special setting in the camera that is designed to take a picture of a family of objects
Portable Document Format (PDF)
A Portable Document Format (PDF) is a special document that is open standard and viewable by almost any computer. This file cannot be edited
Plain Text Format
Plain Text Format is a format in data where everything is just basally all text with no formatting and just lines of text.
Paste Options
Paste options are well, options that you can choose that will change the settings of your paste, like what font you might want to use
Paste
To Paste something is to write either a copied data source or a string of text to a folder or word processor.
One-to-One RelationShips
A one-to-one relationship is one where both TableA and TableB only have one connection between each other.
One-to-Many Relation Ships
A Condition where TableA might have one connection with the data with TableB but TableB has many connections.
OLE Object
An OLE object is a control or function in the Object Linking and Embedding Library that preforms something dynamic in the Web Document
Office Button
The Office Button is a button in Microsoft Office that gives you a general list of commands that you can preform
Object Linking and Embedding
Object linking and embedding is technology developed my Microsoft that allows the user to add controls to a web page
Notes Pane
The Notes Pane is something in PowerPoint that allows you to enter notes on the current working slide
Non-Printing Characters
Non-Printing Characters are characters in the computer that isn't recognized and the computer just gives out something like
0|A
---
0|B
0|A
---
0|B
Name Box
The Name Box is something in spreadsheet software that displays the cell reference of the cell your working with
Modern Language Assoisation
The Modern Language Association is a school that aims to strengthen reading and writing skills
Mixed Cell Reference
A Mixed Cell Reference is a cell that contains both absolute and relative references.
Minimize Button
Minimize Button allows you to hide your windows in the taskbar and can be restored by clicking on the tab of the App. in the taskbar
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications VBA
Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is sorta like a programming language for office documents.
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office is a software suite of office applications like Word Processors, Spread Sheet Programs, Presentation Software, Database, Email Clients.
MHTML
MHTML (MIME HTML) is a special HTML document that has External Web Content like Pictures, Videos, Java Apps, etc. combined with HTML code
Maximize / Restore Button
The Maximize and Restore button is the button in the top right (sometimes left) corner of windows that allow you to make it stretch all the way to the screen (Maximize) or go down to regular size (Restore).
Margin
Margin is like buying something in advance and paying for it later. This is kinda stupid because if you buy something and don't have the money to back it up, then your in trouble.
Manual Column Break
A Manual Column Break is a break that you manually insert in order to separate one column from the rest of the spreadsheet.
Lookup Wizard
A Lookup wizard is a special wizard that prompts you with questions and then uses those results that you gave it to search for a file
Logical Opereators
A Logical Operator is something used in computer programming which is a symbol that will connect two or more sentences
Live Preview
Live preview is a feature in cameras that allows the user to see their picture they taken in their camera screens.
Leader Line
A thin line with an arrow head that is often positioned at an angle and is used to tie a dimension to a feature
Label Controls
Label Controls are controls that have some label on them telling the user what to do.
Keyboard Shortcut
A Keyboard shortcut is a special shortcut that is triggered when you hit one or more keys. This shortcut will trigger an operation in the OS or in the application that you are using
Internal Rate of Return IRR
The Internal Rate of Return or IRR is just a way to predict the profit of an investment
Input Mask
An Input Mask is a small program in Microsoft Office that allows you to find data while narrowing down the search for different formats of the data, such as you giving in a phone number and telling the computer that your looking for something that's a number
Information Bar
A Information Bar is the place where programs such as IE display information about topics on what certain scripts are trying to do such as if the WebApplication wants to download something or show a popup.
Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML)
Hypertext Markup Language or HTML is a markup language that is static and used for web documents. It looks like this:
<html>
<head>
</title>Im HTML </title>
</head>
</html>
<html>
<head>
</title>Im HTML </title>
</head>
</html>
Hyperlink
A Hyperlink is a shortcut in text-string form that leads to a file or web page that is on the network
HTML Format
HTML format is a format of a HTML document. It consists of tags that give a certain property or instruction for the display of the web page.
Header
A Header is a heading placed on the top of a document that gives a small description of the properties.
Hanging Indent
A Hanging indent is when all the lines but the first are indented like so
The Quick Brown Fox
Jumped over the
Quite Lazy Dog.
The Quick Brown Fox
Jumped over the
Quite Lazy Dog.
Handouts
Handouts are works that is administered to the class that is sort of like a mini-quiz to see if they understand the topic
Graphical User Interface
A Graphical User Interface or GUI is an interface that allows humans to interact with the computer more without typing at all
Function
A Function is sort of like a computer program or a little recipe that tells the computer how to calculate instructions or do something based on smaller instructions
Forms
Forms are dynamic applications that are embedded into a static web application to give allow it to be, more, dynamic
Formatting Marks
Formatting Marks are just little symbols that tell you what paragraph your at or something like that.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Find
Find is a command in operating systems and some office programs that allow you to find certain strings of text or data sources.
Filter by Form
Filter by Form is a way to retrieve information from an access database by filtering certain forms
Filter
A pattern through which data is passed. Only data that matches the pattern is allowed to pass through the filter
File Extention
A File Extension is a special suffix of a file that usually determines its format. Some operating systems ignore these suffixes and it is just reference for the user.
Field
A Field is a mathematics's that is used in abstract algebra with addition subtraction multiplication divison
Extrapolation
Encrypted Document
An Encrypted Document is a document that has scrambled data and requires a pre-shared key in order to decrypt the file
Drag-and-Drop
Dragging and Dropping means to click and drag one object (drag,obviously) and move or copy it to another location (drop).
Design View
Design View allows the user to add text and position objects in certain coordinates of the document/form.
Database
A Database is an organized collection of data for more that one user, typically in digital form.
Data Type
A Data type is the classification identifying different types of data. Types include integers, characters, floating points, etc.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Brian's Powerpoint
We were looking around the room for other peoples slide show presentations and then I came across Brian's. He has a really good presentation but there were a few flaws. Brian was a little redundant such as repeating the Freshman Living Environment class for 10th and 11th grade. Other than that, Brian did pretty good. He had animations that was simply fit for eye-candy, he saved it in the right format. I think that Brian did a really good job
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Copyright
Copyrights are special patents that are given to an owner who has proven that he has created a product or software out of his/her own originality.
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