If a person enters a plea of guilty (or no contest), a judge will apprise the defendant of the rights he is giving up (right to confront witnesses, jury trial, subpoena witnesses, etc) and then explain that by entering this plea the defendant is admitting to the elements of the crime he is pleaing to. The judge will then enter a finding of guilty for said crimes (hence, being 'found' guilty). He will then usually continue whatever bond is already in place until the sentencing hearing.
In the vast majority of criminal cases, there is no "verdict" since the vast majority of cases are not tried by a jury. There is no legal difference between being found guilty by a jury or a judge in the sense that both are "found" guilty.