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#Digital Literacy



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                                               Blocks are puzzle piece shapes that are used to give instructions to the
                                    Blocks
                                               computer.


                                       Cell    The intersection of a row and a column in a table is called a cell.


                                               A cloud storage is a service where the users are able to store and manage
                            Cloud storage
                                               data on a remote server in place of their local computer.

                                               A computer language is the medium by which instructions are transmitted
                     Computer language
                                               to the computer to perform a specific task.

                                               A computer that uses digits (binary numbers 0’s, and 1’s) to generate,
                         Digital Computer
                                               process and display data is called a digital computer.

                                               A file extension is a group of two or more characters used to identify the
                            File extension
                                               type of a file.

                                               A language translator is a software that converts a high-level language
                     Language translator
                                               program into machine language.

                                               The Mail Merge feature in MS Word is used to create personalised letters
                               Mail Merge
                                               to be sent to many people.

                                               A microcomputer is a small and less expensive digital computer that has
                          Microcomputer
                                               one microprocessor as its processing unit.

                                               Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) is a handheld computer that has a
                                       PDA
                                               touchscreen and allows to organise our daily routine tasks.


                            Programming        The process of writing a program is called programming.


                                               Smartphone is a type of mobile phone that provides features of earlier
                              Smartphone
                                               cell phones and some features of a computer.

                         Supercomputers        Supercomputers are the largest and fastest of all types of computers.



                                               A web page is a document that contains text, graphics, videos, audios
                                Web page
                                               and links to other pages.

                                               Wildcard  is a special character  that  is used to  represent one  or  more
                                 Wildcard
                                               characters in a text.


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