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General ICT Key words

Make sure you understand and can spell these Key Words

Use this online ICT dictionary to help you.

binary hardware network

byte icon output

cable input password

cartridge interactive preview

CD-Rom interface processor

computer Internet program

connect/connection justify scanner

cursor keyboard sensor

data/database megabyte server

delete memory software

disk modem spreadsheet

document module virus

electronic monitor

graphic multimedia

audience fitness for purpose

KS3 Key Vocabulary Terms from QCA

ICT Resources: Year 7
7.1 Using ICT: Homework 7.1 Key Vocabulary 7.1 7.2 Using Data and Information Sources: Homework 7.2 Vocabulary 7.2 Vocabulary Cards 7.2 7.3 Making a Leaflet: Homework 7.3 Key Vocabulary 7.3	7.4 Introduction to Modelling and Presenting Numeric Data: Homework 7.4 Key Vocabulary 7.4 7.5 Data Handling: Homework 7.5 Key Vocabulary 7.5 Vocabulary Cards 7.5 7.6 Control and Monitoring: Homework 7.6 Key Vocabulary 7.6 Vocabulary Cards 7.6
ICT Resources: Year 8
8.1 Public Information Systems: Homework 8.1 Key Vocabulary 8.1 8.2 Publishing on the Web: Homework 8.2 Homework Tasks 8.2 Key Vocabulary 8.2 Vocabulary Cards 8.2 8.3 Information Reliability, Validity and Bias: Homework 8.3 Key Vocabulary 8.3 Vocabulary Cards 8.3	8.4 Models and Presenting Numeric Data: Homework 8.4 Key Vocabulary 8.4 8.5 An ICT System Integrating Applications to find Solutions: Homework 8.5 Key Vocabulary 8.5

 This is the complete vocabulary list

Finding things out

 accuracy/accurate, AND, archives, average, bar chart, browse, chart, classify,compact disc (CD)read-only memory (CD-ROM), computer, conclusion, content,contents list, copyright, data, data collection sheet, data handling, data structure,data type, database, desktop computer, dial up, disk drive, download, experiment,enquiry, field, file, file extension, file name, find, floppy disk, folder, frequency, graph,hardware, home page, hypothesis, identify, index, information, information source,
Internet, intranet, key word, keyboard, laptop, load, locate/location, log on/log off,network, numeric, opinion/opinion poll, OR, origin/originator, password, pie chart,query, questionnaire, range, record, reliable/unreliable, report, represent, representation,save, search, search engine, search method, server, shared area, software, sort,survey, table, tally, uniform resource locator (URL), verify, viewpoint, web browser,
web page, website, World Wide Web (WWW)Developing ideas and making things happenanalogue, automate/automatic, calculate/calculation, cell, cell reference, column,control, control loop, digital, enter, flow chart, formula, formulae, gridlines, input,input device, label, logo, model, output, output device, pattern, predict, prediction,procedure, print area, probe, process, program, random number, relationship,repeat, repeated process, replicate, robot, row, rule, sensor, sequence of instructions, simulate/simulation, spreadsheet, store, switch, subtask, system, template,variable

Exchanging and sharing information

acknowledgement, address book/list, animate, atmosphere, attribute, audience,audio cassette recorder, bitmapped graphic/image, body text, bold, bullet points,capital letters, capture, clip art, colour scheme, copy, copyright, corporate image,crop, cursor, cut, delete, design brief, desktop publishing (DTP), digital camera,digital video disk (DVD), digital video software, display, document, drag, drop-downmenu, duplicate, earphone, e-mail, effect, export, font, font size, footer, format,graphic(s), header, heading, hypertext, illustration, image, import, intended audience, italic, label, landscape, layer objects, layout, link, logo, manipulate,
microphone, mouse, moving image, multimedia authoring, multimedia presentation,network, object(s), onscreen viewing, paint and draw software, paste, photograph,points, portrait, presentation software, projector/projection, print/printer, readability,
resize, scale, scanner, screen,scroll/scroll bar, serif/sans serif, shared area, slideshow, slide view, sound, speaker, still image, storyboard/storyboarding, structure,style, subheading, Teletext, television(TV), text, transfer, typeface, underline,upper/lower case, vector graphic/image, video cassette recorder (VCR), video clip,
voiceover, web publishing, white space, word processor

Reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it progresses

adapt, annotate, assess/assessment, backup, check, clarity,criterion/criteria,criticise, develop, draft, edit, effective, efficient/efficiency, enhance, evaluate, evaluation, expected outcome, feature, fitness for purpose, improve, judge, organise, plan, produce, purpose, refine, review, revise, spell-check, test, value