clipboard

clipboard is a software facility that can be used for short term data storage and data transfer between documents or applications, via copy and paste operations. A typical application accesses clipboard functionality by mapping user input keybindings, menu selections, etc.

application windows

In a graphical user interface, the chief window of an application program, with a title bar, a menu bar, and a work area. 

alignmet

is the way data is arranged and accessed in computer memory. It consists of two separate but related issues data alignment and data structure padding. When a modern computer reads from or writes to a memory address, it will do this in word sized chunks e.g. 4 byte chunks on a 32-bit system.

workbook

A workbook is a spreadsheet file. By default, each workbook in Excel contains three pages or worksheets.

worksheets

A worksheet is a single page or sheet in an Excel spreadsheet. By default, there are three worksheets per file. Switching between worksheets is done by clicking on the sheet tab at the bottom of the screen.

Quick Launch toolbar

The Quick Launch bar is a list of shortcuts to your favorite programs. You can use the Quick Launch bar to open programs with a single click, without having to go through the Start menu. Microsoft Windows XP displays the Quick Launch bar by default, so it might already be part of your taskbar. Look for the Quick Launch bar directly to the right of your Start button.

table

Refers to data arranged in rows and columns. A spreadsheet, for example, is a table. In relational database management systems, all information is stored in the form of tables.

Cell

Cell is a microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM, an alliance known as "STI".

Word processing software

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Word processing software is a  Computer software program used to create and edit text documents.

Web applications

Web applications are stored on a server and delivered to users over the Internet. A Web application is usually a three-tier structure, comprising a User Service tier allowing user access to the application, a Business Service tier allowing the user to carry out complex activities and a Data Service tier which allows data storage and retrieval.

Vector graphics

Vector graphics is the use of geometrical primitives such as points, lines, curves, and shapes or polygon(s), which are all based on mathematical equations, to represent images in computer graphics.

utility program

a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer.

upgrade

The term upgrade refers to the replacement of a product with a newer version of the same product. It is most often used in computing and consumer electronics, generally meaning a replacement of hardware, software or firmware with a newer or better version, in order to bring the system up to date or to improve its characteristics.

update

A recent version of a program or any set of data. Program updates generally ensure that data written with previous versions is still readable, i.e. the older versions of the program in question are upwards compatible with the later ones.

text editor

A text editor is a type of program used for editing plain text files.Text editors are often provided with operating systems or software development packages, and can be used to change configuration files and programming language source code.

System software

System software is computer software designed to operate the computer hardware and to provide a platform for running application software,

system file

A file system is a method of storing and organizing computer files and their data. Essentially, it organizes these files into a database for the storage, organization, manipulation, and retrieval by the computer's operating system.

software piracy

 software piracy refers to several practices which involve the unauthorized copying of computer software. Copyright infringement of this kind is extremely common. Most countries have copyright laws which apply to software, but the degree of enforcement varies.

software license

A software license is a legal instrument governing the usage or redistribution of software. All software is copyright protected, except material in the public domain. Contractual confidentiality is another way of protecting software. A typical software license grants an end-user permission to use one or more copies of software in ways where such a use would otherwise constitute copyright infringement of the software owner's exclusive rights under copyright law.

Software development

Software development also known as application development, software design, designing software, software application development, enterprise application development, or platform development is the development of a software product.

sidebar

A generic term for an auxiliary window on screen that is displayed alongside the main window.A Windows Vista desktop panel that holds mini applications (gadgets) such as a calendar, calculator, stock ticker and Vonage phone dialer. It is the Windows counterpart to the Dashboard in the Mac. See Windows Vista and gadget.

shortcut

A file shortcut in Microsoft Windows is a small file containing a target URI or GUID, or the name of a target program file that the shortcut represents. The shortcut might additionally specify parameters to be passed to the target program when it is run.

Recycle Bin

The Recycle Bin only stores files deleted from hard drives, not from removable media, such as memory cards and floppy disks. It also doesn't store files deleted from network drives.

record spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a computer application that simulates a paper, accounting worksheet. It displays multiple cells usually in a two-dimensional matrix or grid consisting of rows and columns. Each cell contains alphanumeric text, numeric values or formulas.

query

 a query that a user enters into web search engine to satisfy his or her information needs. Web search queries are distinctive in that they are unstructured and often ambiguous; they vary greatly from standard query languages which are governed by strict syntax rules.

primary key

The primary key of a relational table uniquely identifies each record in the table. It can either be a normal attribute that is guaranteed to be unique such as Social Security Number in a table with no more than one record per person or it can be generated by the DBMS such as a globally unique identifier, or GUID, in Microsoft SQL Server. Primary keys may consist of a single attribute or multiple attributes in combination.

presentation software

A presentation program is a computer software package used to display information, normally in the form of a slide show. It typically includes three major functions: an editor that allows text to be inserted and formatted, a method for inserting and manipulating graphic images and a slide-show system to display the content.

Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

OLE is a framework developed by Microsoft way back in Windows 3.1 that allows you to take objects from a document in one application and place them in another. For example, OLE may allow you to move an image from a photo-editing program into a word processing document.

object

an object is any entity that can be manipulated by the commands of a programming language, such as a value, variable, function, or data structure. With the later introduction of object-oriented programming the same word, "object", refers to a particular instance of a class.

multimedia

Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun a medium with multiple content forms or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which only use traditional forms of printed or hand-produced material. Multimedia includes a combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video, and interactivity content forms.

icon

An icon is a small pictogram used in graphical user interfaces to supplement the presentation of textual information to the user. Modern computers can handle bitmapped graphics with ease, so icons are widely used to assist users.

Hidden file

A hidden file on a computer is a directory or file which a user cannot see by default. Hidden directories most often serve to hide important operating system-related files and user preferences. However, malicious programs can also use this functionality to hide their presence from unaware users.

Gadgets

A gadget is a small technological object such as a device or an appliance that has a particular function, but is often thought of as a novelty. Gadgets are invariably considered to be more unusually or cleverly designed than normal technological objects at the time of their invention. Gadgets are sometimes also referred to as gizmos.

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file properties

properties is a file extension for files mainly used in Java related technologies to store the configurable parameters of an application. They can also be used for storing strings for Internationalization and localization; these are known as Property Resource Bundles.

Field

Data that has several parts can be divided into fields. For Relational databases arrange data as sets of database records, also called rows. Each record consists of several fields; the fields of all records form the columns.

Directory

Directory is a virtual container originally derived from an earlier Object-oriented programming concept by the same name within a digital file system, in which groups of computer files and other folders can be kept and organized.

datasheet

A datasheet spec sheet is a document summarizing the performance and other technical characteristics of a product, machine, component, material, a subsystem or software in sufficient detail to be used by a design engineer to integrate the component into a system.

database

A database is a system intended to organize, store, and retrieve large amounts of data easily. It consists of an organized collection of data for one or more uses, typically in digital form. One way of classifying databases involves the type of their contents, for example: bibliographic, document-text, statistical.

data file

A data file is a computer file which stores data for use by a computer application or system. It generally does not refer to files that contain instructions or code to be executed typically called program files, or to files which define the operation or structure of an application or system.

bitmapped graphics

a raster graphics image or bitmap is a data structure representing a generally rectangular grid of pixels, or points of color, viewable via a monitor, paper, or other display medium. Raster images are stored in image files with varying formats.

application file

A file with the application file extension is a ClickOnce Deployment Manifest file. Other types of files may also use the applicationfile extension. If you know of any additional file formats that use the application extension, please let me know so I can update this information.

appearance and personalization category

The Appearance and Personalization category groups many of the most visible changes to the system.

active window

An active window is the currently focused window in the current window manager or explorer. Different window managers indicate the currently-active window in different ways and allow the user to switch between windows in different ways.

uninterruptible power supply

An uninterruptible power supply, is an electrical apparatus that provides emergency power to a load when the input power source, typically the utility mains, fails. A UPS differs from an auxiliary or emergency power system or standby generator in that it will provide instantaneous or near-instantaneous protection from input power interruptions by means of one or more attached batteries.

Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting is a form of problem solving, often applied to repair failed products or processes. It is a logical, systematic search for the source of a problem so that it can be solved, and so the product or process can be made operational again. Troubleshooting is needed to develop and maintain complex systems where the symptoms of a problem can have many possible causes.

touchpad

 touchpad  is a pointing device featuring a tactile sensor, a specialized surface that can translate the motion and position of a user's fingers to a relative position on screen. They are a common feature of laptop computers and also used as a substitute for a computer mouse where desk space is scarce.

surge suppressor

surge suppressor is an appliance designed to protect electrical devices from voltage spikes. A surge protector attempts to limit the voltage supplied to an electric device by either blocking or by shorting to ground any unwanted voltages above a safe threshold. This article primarily discusses specifications and components relevant to the type of protector that diverts (shorts) a voltage spike to ground; however, there is some coverage of other methods.

Software as a service (SaaS)

Software as a service (SaaS), sometimes referred to as is software that is deployed over the internet and is deployed to run behind a firewall on a local area network or personal computer.

software

software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions telling a computer what to do and how to do it. We can also say software refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of the computer for some purposes. In other words software is a set of programs, procedures, algorithms and its documentation.