1st 6 Weeks Vocabulary

the study of the interaction between people and their work environment and making things better

keying at a good rate

making few errors

using your keyboard and workstation in the proper way

a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist causing symptoms like tingling,

Overuse of the muscles of the hands, wrists, arms, or shoulders on a repeated and usually daily basis causes injury to these muscles

the row on a typewriter or computer keyboard that contains the keys (home keys) to which four fingers of each hand return as a base.

Slang for when your computer freezes and you can't do anything.

formerly known as keyboarding, involves learning to key by touch, formatting, and document processing

how something is done in a process

information

Physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved, including the monitor, hard drive, memory, and CPU.

a set of instructions or programs instructing a computer to do specific ta

a software program permanently etched into a hardware device such as keyboards, hard drive, BIOS, or video cards. It is programmed to give permanent instructions to communicate with other devices.

a type of storage medium that permanently stores data on personal computers and other devices. It contains the programming needed to start a PC.