Computer Class---Ch. 1

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Application Software?

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Program designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks.

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Communications Device?

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Any kind of hardware capable of transmitting data, instructions, and info btwn a sending device and receiving data.

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Computer?

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Electronic device, operating under the instructions stored in its own memory.

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Computer literacy?

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Having current knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses.

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Computer aided manufacturing (CAM)?

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Use of computers to assist with manufacturing processes such as fabrication and assembly.

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Data?

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Collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, images, audio, numbers, and video.

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Desktop computer?

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Computer designed so that system unit, input, output, and all other devices fit on or under a desk or table.

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Embedded computer?

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A special purpose computer that functions as a component in a larger product.

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FAQ?

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List that helps a user find answers to frequently asked questions.

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Game console?

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Mobile computing device designed for single player or multiplayer video games.

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Graphical user interface (GUI)?

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Type of user interface that allows a user to interact with software using text, graphics, and visual images, such as icons.

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Handheld Computer?

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Computer small enough to fit in one hand. AKA handheld, or UMPC (ultra mobile personal computer).

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Hardware?

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Electric, electronic, and mechanical components contained in a computer.

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Home user?

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User who spends time on computer at home.

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Information?

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Processed data tha conveys meaning and is useful to people.

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Input device?

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Any hardware component that allows users to enter data and instructions into a computer.

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Installing?

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Process of setting up software to work with computer, printer and other hardware components.

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Internet?

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Worldwide connection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies and educational institutions and individuals.

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Internet-enabled?

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Technology that allows mobile devices to connect to the internet wirelessly.

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Laptop computer?

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Portable, personal computer designed to fit on a user's lap.

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Large-business user?

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Computer user working for a business that has hundreds or thousands of employees or customers that work in or do business with offices across a region, the country, or the world.

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Mainframe?

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Large, expensive, powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousands of connected users simultaneously, storing tremendous amounts of data, instructions, and information.

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Mobile computer?

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Personal computer that a user can carry from place to place.

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Mobile device?

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Computing device small enough for a user to hold in his or her hand.

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Mobile users?

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Users who work on a computer while away from a main office, home office, or school.

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Network?

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Collection of computers and devices connected together, often wirelessly, via communication devices, and transmission media, allowing computers to share resources.

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Notebook computer?

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LAPTOP!

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Online?

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Describes a state of a computer when it is connected to a network.

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Online banking?

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Online connection to a bank's computer to access account balances, pay bills, and copy monthly transactions to a user's computer.

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Online investing?

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Use of a computer to buy and sell stocks and bonds online without using a broker.

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Output device?

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Any hardware component that conveys information to one or more people.

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PDA?

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Personal digital assistant- lightweight mobile device that provides personal organizer functions such as calendar, appointment book, addess book, notepad, or calculator.

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Personal computer?

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Computer that can perform all of its input, storage, output and processing activities by itself and contains a processor, memory, and one or more input and output devices and storage devices.

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Photo sharing community?

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Specific type of social networking Web site that allows users to create an online photo album and store and share their digital photos.

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Power user?

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User who requires the capabilities of a workstation or other powerful computer, typically working with multimedia applications and using industry specific software.

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Program?

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Series of instructions that tells a computer what to do and how to do it. AKA SOFTWARE.

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Run?

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Process of using software.

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Server?

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Computer that controls access to the hardware, software, and other resources on the network and provides a centralized storage area for programs, data, and information.

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Small business/Home office (SOHO)?

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Describes any company with fewer than 50 empoyees,as well as the self employed who work from home.

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Smart phone?

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Internet-enabled phone that usually aslo provides PDA capabilities.

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Social networking web site?

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Web site that encourages members in its online community to share their interests, ideas, stories, photos, music, and videps with other registered users.

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Software?

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SEE PROGRAM.

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Storage device?

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Hardware used to record (write and/or read) items to and from storage media.

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Storage media?

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The physical material on which a computer keeps data, instructions and info.

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Supercomputer?

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Fastest and most powerful and most expensive computer capable of processing more than 135 trillion instructions in a single second.

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System software?

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Software that serves as the interface btwn the user, the application software, and the computers hardware.

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System unit?

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Case that contains the electronic components of a computer that are used to process data.

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Tablet PC?GT

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Special type of notebook computer that resembles a letter sized slate, which allows a user to write on a screen using a digital pen.

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Telecommuting user?

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Work arrangement in which employees work away from a company's standard work place and often communicate with the office through the computer.

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Video sharing community?

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Type of social networking Web site that allows users to store and share their personal videos.

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Web?

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Worldwide collection of electronic documents called web pages, the web is one of the more popular services on the Internet.

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Web page?

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Electronic document on the web, which can contain text, graphics, audio, and video and often has built-in connections to other documents, graphics, web pages and sites.

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Blog?

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Informal web site consisting of time-stamped articles or posts, in a diary or journal format, usually listed in reverse chronological order.

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Convergence?

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Trend of offering similar functions that make it increasingly difficult to differentiate btwn two similar mobile devices. EX: smart phone and PDA.

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Digital pen?

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Input device that allows users to write or draw on the screen by pressing the pen and issue instructions to a Tablet PC by tapping on the screen.

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Developer/Programmer?

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Person who writes and modifies computer programs.

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E-commerce?

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Short for electronic commerce, a business transaction that occurs over an electronic network such as the Internet.

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Enterprise computing?

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Term large companies use to refer to the use of a huge network of computers that meet their diverse computing needs.

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Execute?

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Processor operation that carries out commands; part of the machine cycle.

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Gaming desktop computer?

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Desktop computer that offers high-quality audio, video, and graphics, with optimal performance for sophisticated single-user and networked or internet multiplayer games.

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Garbage in, garbage out (GIGO)?

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Computing phrase that points out the accuracy of a computer's output dependes on the accuracy of the input.

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Icon?

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Small image displayed on a computer screen that represents a program, a document, or some other object.

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Info processing cycle?

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Series of input, process, output, and storage activities performed by a computer.

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Info system?

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Hardware, software, data, people, and procedures that a computer requires to generate info.

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Info technology (IT) department?

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A group of employees who keeps the computers and networks running and determines when the company requires

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Instructions?

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Steps that tell the computer how to perform a particular task.

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Kiosk?

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Freestanding computer, usually with a touch screen, used by some business in public locations.

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Loads?

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Process of a computer copying a program from storage to memory.

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Media Center PC?

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Home entertainment personal computer that often uses a television as its display device and include a mid-to-high end processor, large capacity hard disk, CD and DVD drives, a remote control, and advanced graphics and audio capability.

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Memory?

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Electronic components in a computer that store instructions waiting to be executed and data need by those instructions.

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Multimedia?

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Any application that combines text with graphics, animation, audio, video, and/or virtual reality.

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Neural network?

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A system that attempts to imitate the behavior of the human brain.

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Operating system (OS)?

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Set of programs containing instructions that work together to coordinate all the activities among computer hardware devices.

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PC-compatible?

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Any personal computer based on the original IBM personal computer design.

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Podcast?

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Recorded audio stored on a Web site that can be downloaded to a computer or a portable media player such as an ipod.

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Processor?

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Term used by some computer and chip manufacturers to refer to a processor chip for a personal computer.

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Publish?

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Process of creating a web page and making it available on the Internet for others to see.

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Remote Surgery?

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Surgery in which a surgeon performs an operation on a patient who is not located in the same physical room as the surgeon.

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Resources?

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Hardware, software, info, data shared using a network.

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Stylus?

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Small metal or plastic device that looks like a ballpoint pen, but uses pressure instead of ink to write draw or make selections.

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Telematics?

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Wireless communications capabilities used in automobiles, including navigation systems and Internet access.

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Telemedicine?

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Form of long distance health care where health care professionals in separate locations conduct live confrences on the computer.

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Telesurgery?

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Remote surgery!

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Tower

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Tall and narrow system unit that can sit on the floor vertically if desktop space is limited.

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Utility program?

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Type of system software that allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks usually related to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs.

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Vidcast?

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Short for video podcast, a podcast that contains video and audio.

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Video blog?

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Blog that contains video clips.