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Computer Literacy
Having a current knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses.
Computer
An electronic device that operates inder the control of instructions stored in its own memory.
Data
Collection of unprocesseed items.
Information
Processed data that conveys a meaning and is useful to people.
Information Processing Cycle
The process of input, process, output, and storage activities.
Hardware
electric and elctronic mechanical components in a computer.
Input device
Any hardware that allows you to enter data or instructions into your computer.
Output device
Any hardware that conveys information to one or more people.
CPU
Central Processing Unit
Memory
Electronic compnents that store instructions.
Storage
records or retrieves items from storage media.
Communications device
hardware component that enables a computer to send and retrieve data.
Network
Collection of computer and devices connected together often wirelessl, via communications devices and transmission media.
Rescources
Hardware, software, data, and information.
Internet
Worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals.
Web or WWW
world wide web, a popular service on the internet that contains billions of documents called webpages.
Web 2.0
websites that provide a means for users to share personal information, allow users to modify website contents, or have software built into the site.
GUI
Graphical User Interface. Lets you interact with the software using text, graphics, and visual images such as icons.
icon
miniature image that represents a program, an instruction, or some other object.
System Software
The programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices.
Communications device
hardware component that enables a computer to send and retrieve data.
Network
Collection of computer and devices connected together often wirelessl, via communications devices and transmission media.
Rescources
Hardware, software, data, and information.
Internet
Worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals.
Application Software
The different application devices on a computer.
Operating System
Set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware devices.
Utility/utility program
Allows a user to preform maintenance type tasks usually related to managing a computer, its devices, or its programs.
Installing
The process of setting up software to wark with the computer, printer, or other hardware.
Loading
The process of a program being copied from storage to memory.
Programmer
Someone who develops software or writes the instructions that direct a computer to process data into information.
Convergence
Trend of computers and devices that overlap.
Personal Computer
Computer that can preform all of its input, processing, output, and storage activities by itself.
Desktop Computer
Computer that is designed so that the system unit, input devices, output devices, and any other devices fit entirely on or under a desk or table.
Notebook/laptop computer
Portable, personal computer often designed to fit in your lap.
Tablet PC
special type of notebook computer that allows you to write or draw on the screen using a digital pen.
Embedded computer
special purpose computer that functions as a component in a larger product.
Server
controls access to the hardware, software, and other resources on a network and provides a centralized storage area for programs, data, and information.
Mainframe
Large, expensive, powerful computer that can handle hundreds of thousands of connected users simultaneously.
Supercomputer
the fastest, most powerful computer, and the most expensive.
Operating system
set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware devices.
Handheld
computer small enough to fit in one hand.