Vocabulary Assignment #6 1. Format a disk ~ this process must be performed on all disks before the disk can be used to store data. A series of magnetically encoded tracks are marked on the disk. Disks can be purchased preformatted. 2. Kilobyte (kb) ~ a measuring unit of computer memory, equaling 1000 bytes. 3. Megabyte (Mb) ~ a measuring unit of computer memory, equaling 1 million bytes. 4. Gigabyte (Gb) ~ a measuring unit of computer memory, equaling 1 billion bytes. 5. Word Processing Program ~ a computer program that enables the creation and editing of text documents. 6. Automatic Page Break ~ a "soft" page break inserted by the word processing program. 7. Manual Page Break ~ a "hard" page break inserted by the user. 8. Hard Return ~ in a Word program, a paragraph mark inserted by pressing Enter; the cursor is moved to the next line of the document. 9. Landscape Orientation ~ the page orientation in which the long edge of the page runs horizontally. 10. Portrait Orientation ~ the page orientation in which the short edge of the page runs horizontally.

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