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40 Cards in this Set
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desktop microcomputer |
small computer on a microprocessor |
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workstation |
desktop computer that is conventionally considered to be more powerful than a microcomputer |
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laptop or notebook |
portable computer small enough to use on ones lap |
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super computer |
mainframe computer that is among the largest fastest or most powerful of those available at a given time |
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mainframe |
large powerful computer often serving many connected terminals and usually used by large complex organizations |
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server |
computer that processes requests for html and other documents that are components of web pages |
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handheld |
compact enough to be used or operated while being held in the hand or hands: hand held video camera |
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boot process |
bootstrapping is the process of starting up a computer from a halted or powered down condition |
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input |
information that is created or collected and fed into the system |
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binary code |
base 2 number system used by the computer composed of the digits 0 and 1 |
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data |
facts used by a computer |
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information |
processed stored or transmitted data |
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output |
useful information that leaves the system; I.e. processed information |
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CPU |
central processing unit. the part of a computer that interprets and executes instructions |
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circuits |
A) a closed path followed or capable of being followed by an electric current B) a configuration of electrically or magnetically connected components or devices |
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silicon chip |
a small crystal of a silicon semiconductor fabricated to carry out a number of electronic functions in an integrated circuit |
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pentium |
name given to Intel's P5 chip the successor to the 80486 the name was chosen because of difficulties Intel had in trade marking a number |
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RAM |
a memory device in which information can be accessed in any order |
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rom |
memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of |
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Bit |
a fundamental unit of information having just 2 possible values either binary digits 1 or 0 |
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byte |
sequence of adjacent bits usually 8 operated on as a unity by a computer |
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kilobyte |
a unit of a computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1024 bytes. |
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megabyte |
unit of computer memory or data storage equal to 1048576 bytes |
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gigabyte |
unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1024 megabytes |
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terabyte |
unit of computer memory or data storage capacity equal to 1024 gigabytes |
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storage device |
hardware device such as a hard disk or floppy disk used to record and store data |
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laser printer |
quality & faster |
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hard disk |
rigid magnetic disk mounted permanently in a drive unit |
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floppy disk |
small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer |
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write protected |
to modify so that its info cant be edited |
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formatted |
arrangement of data for storage or display or a method for achieving such an arrangement |
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CD-R |
compact disk you can right on once and there after is read only |
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CD-RW |
compact disk-rewritable you can write on it multiple times |
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input devices |
device used to input data to input into the computer |
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output devices |
device used when looking/reading @ output |
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pixels |
basic unit of the composition of an image on a t.v. screen computer monitor or similar display |
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peripheral devices |
devices connected by a cable to the copu of a computer |
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desktop |
the screen background icons and windows visible on the computer screen |
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taskbar |
row of buttons or graphical controls on a computer screen that represents open programs among which the user can switch back and forth by clicking on the appropriate on |
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program |
a series |
