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Glossary

                                                                                                  21 st
                                                                                                Century   #Information Literacy
                                                                                                 Skills
                 1.  Animation: It is the display of sequence of images in order to create extraordinary illusions.

                 2.  Antivirus: It is utility software that helps the computer to be free from virus and it notifies when any
                     program gets infected and contaminate other files.

                 3.  Application Software: Application Software refers to programs which are designed to accomplish

                     particular type of tasks to meet a user’s specific needs.

                 4.  Autofill: It is a feature in spreadsheet package in which a certain kind of predefined series of data

                     such as name of months of a year, serial numbers, etc. are automatically generated once the user
                     feeds the initial data.

                 5.  AutoSpellcheck: It is a facility in OpenOffice Writer that enables to automatically check each word

                     as it is typed and displays a red wavy line under the misspelt words.

                 6.  Callout: It is a text box, to which a line or arrow is connected for the purpose of pointing to a part of

                     the document, so that additional information, related to that specific part can be presented.

                 7.  Cell: It is a rectangular box formed by the intersection of a row and a column.

                 8.  Charts: It is a visual graphical representation of data from a worksheet which is very useful for instant

                     analysis of data and decision making.

                 9.  Communication Channel: It is the media through which data is transferred, (i.e., air, wires, waves,
                     satellite connections, etc.) from sender to receiver and vice versa.

                 10.  Communication: Communication refers to transfer of ideas or information from one place to another

                     between different individuals.

                 11.  Confidentiality: It refers to keep the data or information secret and allowing only authorised people

                     to access the information.

                 12.  Editing: It refers to the process of making changes in the existing text.

                 13.  Format Paintbrush: It is a tool which is used to apply the same type of formatting which is on a

                     particular content; to some other content.

                 14.  Formatting: It refers to the process of changing the appearance of text or document to make it more
                     prominent and attractive as per user’s requirement.







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