martes, 18 de octubre de 2011

Initial information

Hi!! This is Carmen Sanz's blog.

Vocabulary-computing: 

 Hadrware: Physical components.

 Software: programs in the coputer-word processor, internet...

 witch on/turn on/ boot up

 Conversation-Chat (room)

 Download -> file -> folder (archive)

 Hardcopy - physical document

 Soft copy - Saved document in the computer

 Desk top- homescreen-> internet-homescreen

 Hard drive (memory storage)

 Windows 

 Link (icon) [hyperlink - faster]-> little pictures you clik on to go onto another webpage/to acess documents - my documents = little foder.

 spreadsheet (''hoja de cálculo'')

 Crash (what happen? -> freeze/frozen; why? -> virus - glitch; how solve it? -> reset - install anti-virus -> protection <- firewall [only in internet])

Search engine -> Google, yahoo

Search/browse - To look around the inernet// window -> browser/ webpage

 easy to use -> user-friendly 

 Download - get something off of the computer.

 Upload-put something on the computer.

 Inicialise-> font