Technology

At Elwood we strive to use technology to encourage student learning. Any questions about homework, assignments, quizzes in Technology Class can be asked and discussed on this blog.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Vocabulary Word #25

edu-a website address for educational sites, such as universities and other schools

Monday, April 29, 2013

Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Vocabulary Word #23

Search Engine--is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs).

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Vocabulary Word #22

Output---Data generated by a computer is referred to as output, and devices that produce physical output from the computer

Monday, April 22, 2013

Vocabulary Word #21

input- Whenever you enter data into your computer, it is referred to as input.

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Vocabulary Word #20

Binary means "two," or "base two." The binary system is a way of counting using just the two numbers 0 and 1.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Vocabulary Word #19

virus- is a computer program that was written to purposely damage computer systems

Monday, April 15, 2013

Vocabulary Word #18

megabyte-is a unit of measure equal to 1,048,576 bytes, which is about a million bytes

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Vocabulary Word #17

Gigabyte: is a unit of measure equal to 1,073,741,824 bytes, which is about one billion bytes

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Vocabulary word #16

HTML:is known as "the language of the Web," is the set of codes used to make Web pages

Monday, April 8, 2013

Vocabulary Word #15

Chat: is a way people in different places can "talk" to each other by typing their words into a computer

Friday, April 5, 2013

Vocabulary word #14

Cursor: A blinking line or shape on the screen that tells you where the next character will go.

Thursday, April 4, 2013

Vocabulary Word #13

Download: to download a file is to get it from someone else's computer, over a network, and save it on your own computer

Tuesday, April 2, 2013