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OCR

Optical character reader. A device used to scan text from a document to a computer so it can be edited, stored, or reprinted at a later date. For example you could scan a printed book into your computer and the text will be there for you to edit and change.

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Offline

To be offline is to not be connected to the internet or to not be on the internet.

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Online

To bring a file out of storage and into the computers memory for use. For example you can open a file by double clicking on it. You can also open programs by double clicking on icons on the desktop.

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Open file

To bring a file out of storage and into the computers memory for use. For example you can open a file by double clicking on it. You can also open programs by double clicking on icons on the desktop.

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Organic Search

Search results in a search engine that that come up naturally and are not paid advertisements. For example if you search for “computer tips” in Google you will see that http://www.tips4pc.com is in the top 10 organic results. The paid adverts are usually at the top and to the right of the organic results.

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OS

(Operating System) Is the main program that runs your computer. Windows is probably the most popular.

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OSK

On screen keyboard. Windows has a built in OSK. You can type OSK in the run command window and it will appear.

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Output

When you command your computer to perform a task, the resulting operation is the output. For example you might request that your computer saves a document or maybe prints it. Saving and Printing is the result of this computer operation and therefore is the output.

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Output device

1. any external device that receives data from the computer

EXAMPLE: monitor, printer, speakers, video cards

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Overwrite

When you save a file in the same location as another file, if the filenames are identical, you will overwrite the previous version of the file. To avoid overwriting the original file you need to give the files different names. Then it is ok to store them in the same location.

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