English and ICT Skills for Life

Communicating In Social Contexts
On the net (for Internauts) | Computers and the Internet vocabulary
Access
to open a computer file

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Attach
to join a document, picture o an e-mail

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Blog
opinions, or experiences that you put on the internet for other people to read

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Browse the Internet
to explore a website or a number of websites by scanning and reading information.

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Chatroom
a part of the internet where people can communicate by writingmessages to each other

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Crash
a system malfunction in which the computer stops working and has to be restarted.

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Cursor
an arrow, which indicates where you are positioned on the screen

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Delete
to remove a written word or words

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Download
to copy or move programs or information into a computer's memory

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Drag
to move something on a computer screen using a mouse

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Edit
to make changes a text

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E-mail account

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E-mail address

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File
a document

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Folder
an electronic subdirectory which contains files

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Font
a set of letters and symbols in a particular design and size

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Homepage
the opening page of a website

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Icon
a small picture or symbol on a computer screen that you point to and click on (= press) with a mouse to give the computer an instruction

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Inbox
a place on a computer where emails that are sent to you are kept

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Insert
to add writing, picture to a text, form

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Keyboard
the keys that operate the computer

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Log on/off
to start/stop using a computer system or program by giving a password/particular instructions

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Navigate
to move through a website or through various websites

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Paste
to move a piece of text to a particular place in a computer document

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Save
to put information into a computer's memory

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Scroll up/down
to move text or other information on a computer screen up, down

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Search
to look for information on a computer, the internet, etc.

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Sign in/ out
to gain /stop access to a computer system

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Switch on/off
to start or stop computer working

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