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