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Glossary
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Century #Information Literacy
Skills
1. Accident: It can be defined as an unfortunate, unexpected and unforeseen incident that may cause
injury or damage.
2. Anchors: Anchors are indeed used to position items (like images) in a document. They ensure the item
remains in place or moves relative to document modifications.
3. Cell Reference: Cell references accurately point to specific cells or ranges on a worksheet, essential for
retrieving data or performing calculations.
4. Conservation: Conservation refers to the responsible and sustainable use of natural resources to prevent
their exploitation or depletion.
5. Database: A database is defined as an organised collection of data that can be visualised as a container
of information.
6. Data Type: A data type specifies the type of data that a column or variable can hold, ensuring consistency
and enabling appropriate operations.
7. Emergency: It is a non-visualised situation that needs immediate attention and seeks priority over
anything.
8. Entrepreneur: An entrepreneur is an individual who establishes a business for making profit.
9. Ergonomics: It is the study of designing and arranging objects and environments to fit the capabilities
and limitations of the human body.
10. Evacuation: Evacuation refers to the process of moving people away from a dangerous or potentially
hazardous situation to a place of safety.
11. Fire extinguisher: It is a portable device designed for active fire protection, filled with dry or wet
chemicals to extinguish or control small fires in emergencies.
12. First Aid: It is the first and immediate treatment or care given to a person who is ill or is hurt before
regular medical help is obtained.
13. Forms: It enables to provide a user interface for entering of data or to display intermediary information.
In the Form, the user can add or modify data.
14. Hazard: A hazard is any element that has the potential to cause harm to individuals, while a risk represents
the likelihood of that harm occurring.
15. Hyperlink: It is a reference to a specific location, document or webpage that the user can switch by
clicking on that link.
16. Macros: Macros are the set of stored functions that can be used to automate processes that are repeated
often.
17. Primary key: It is a field which is used to uniquely identify records in a database.
18. Self-motivation: It is defined as the force within you that drives you to do things without any influence.
19. Sorting: It means to arrange the data of a table in a particular order like, in ascending or descending
order.
20. Query: Queries are commands that are used to define the data structure and also to manipulate the
data in the database.
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