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14 Cards in this Set
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Computer
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An electronic device that recieves data, processes data, stores data, and produces a result(output).
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What is a comuter system?
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Hardware,Software, Data, and People
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Supercomputer
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most powerful
-Used to di things liek predict hurrianes and navigate satellites |
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Used by businness and government to process large amounts of information
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Mainframes and minicomputers
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Smaller and less powerful than the other types of computers
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Personal computers
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When computers are connected to other computers
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Network
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Local Area Networks(LAN)
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computers connected together in a relatively close location such as in the same building or deparment.
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Wide Area Network(WAN)
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when local area networks are expanded to include several local area networks within a city,state,region, territory, country, continent, or the world.
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RAM
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Random Access Memory.(short term)
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Read Only Memory.(long term)
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ROM
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On the motherboard, a device that controls the transfer of data from a computer to a periphiral device.
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Basic Contollers
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A circuit board (a thin plate or board that contains electronic components) that contains many integral components.
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Motherboard
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Operating System
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provides an interface between the user and the application program and the hardware.
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the brains of the computer
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CPU
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