Vocabulary Assignment #5 1. Dialogue Box ~ a window which appears when a selection such as "print" or "save" has been made. It will ask you questions about how you want the computer to proceed with your selection. 2. Default settings ~ automatic settings. If you do not change your options, the default setting is what you will get. For example, the default font style setting in Word documents is Times New Roman. 3. I-beam ~ another name for the insertion beam or cursor. 4. Pulldown menu ~ a list of choices that appears when a menu bar item has been selected. 5. PC ~ Personal computer. 6. Operating System ~ a basic software program which helps you manage your work and oversees your computer's functioning. 7. Bit ~ the smallest unit of computer memory. "Bit" comes from the words "BInary digiT". 8. Byte ~ a series of 8 bits, making up a character. 9. Cold Boot ~ starting the computer by switching on the power. 10. Warm Boot ~ restarting the computer by resetting the system using: CTRL+ ALT+ DELETE.

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