| account |
Sometimes when you want to do something on your computer on the internet, the website asks you to make an account. You do this by choosing a name for yourself and a password. The name you choose is called your "user name." When you make an account, the website remembers who you are every time you go to it and put in your user name and your password. [1/2 definitions] |
| audio |
An audio is something you can hear on a computer, tablet, or phone. An audio often gives you information, lets you hear how something sounds, or tells you how to do something, [1/3 definitions] |
| button |
A button is what you push to make some things work. You push buttons on a telephone to call someone or to start a computer. [1/3 definitions] |
| calculator |
A calculator is a machine that helps you do things with numbers. A calculator can help you add numbers together or subtract them or do many other things. Sometimes a calculator is very small and you can hold it in your hand. Sometimes a calculator is big or part of a computer. |
| click |
When you click using a computer, you press a button on your computer mouse and it makes the sound of a click. When you click like this with a mouse, it lets you choose something on your computer screen and makes that thing do something you want. [1/3 definitions] |
| computer |
A computer is a machine that can store and give back information. A computer can play games and do many kinds of work. |
| computer lab |
A computer lab is a room where there are many computers. Computer labs are often found in schools and libraries. You don't have to pay any money to use a computer in a computer lab if you are a student or have permission. |
| desk |
A desk is a piece of furniture with a flat surface that is used for reading, writing, or working on a computer. Desks usually have drawers where you can keep paper, pens, and other supplies. [1/2 definitions] |
| dictionary |
A dictionary is something that tells you a lot of things about words in a language. It is a book that you can hold in your hands or something like a book that you can read on a computer. A dictionary tells you what words mean, how to say them, and how they are spelled. |
| digital |
A computer is a digital machine. When we say that something is digital, we mean that it uses numbers like a special language to keep, send, and receive information. [1/3 definitions] |
| digital citizen |
A digital citizen is a person who uses computers to do things with other people, like getting and sending messages, playing games, or shopping. A digital citizen also uses computers to learn things or get help from others. You are reading this on a computer, so YOU are a digital citizen now! |
| download |
When you download something from the internet, you put it onto your own computer. When you download something, like a song or a game, it becomes part of your computer's memory. Now you can play the song or game whenever you want without using the internet. You can download things from the internet onto other kinds of things like a music player, tablet, or phone too. |
| email |
An email is a message that someone writes on a computer and sends to someone at another computer. Email can also mean many messages like this. Some people write the word "email" in a different way. They write it "e-mail." |
| enter |
When you enter something like your name, you write it on a list or type it into a computer. [1/4 definitions] |
| experience |
When you have computer experience, it means that you have computer skills that you learned by using a computer. [1/3 definitions] |
| find out |
When you find out some information, you learn or discover it. When we want to find out something, we often ask someone else or we look for the information in a book or on the computer. Sometimes we find out something by just seeing a thing that tells us what we want to know. |
| game |
A game is something that people play and try to win. A game has rules, and it often has things you need to use when you play it. There are many kinds of games. Some people play card games or board games or games on their computer. There are also ball games and other outdoor games. |
| icon |
An icon is a very small drawing that is used as a symbol of something. Icons are used on telephone or computer screens. When you tap or click on an icon, the computer does some action for you. For example, an icon that looks like a camera lets you go to where you can take a picture or look at photos on your phone. [1/2 definitions] |
| internet |
The internet is a system of many, many computers all over the world that are linked together. When you link to the internet on your own computer, you can do things like send messages, watch videos, and get information very fast. |
| keyboard |
A keyboard is something you use when you type on a computer or play an instrument like a piano. A keyboard is made up of things called keys that you push down with your fingers to type a letter or play a note. On a piano, some of the keys are black, and some are white. |
| laptop |
"Laptop" is a short way to say "laptop computer." A laptop computer is a computer that is small and that you can easily move from place to place. A laptop computer can fold up so that it can become flat. |