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38 Cards in this Set
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Computer Literacy
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(Digital Literacy)
Involves having a current knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses. |
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Computer
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An electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accept data, process the data according to specific rules, produce results, and store the results for future use.
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Data
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A collection of unprocessed items, which can include text, numbers, images, audio, and video.
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Information
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Conveys meaning and is useful to people.
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Information Processing Cycle
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The series of input, process, output, and storage activities. Communications has become an essential element in the IPC.
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Hardware
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Electric, electronic, and mechanical components a computer contains.
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Input Device
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Any hardware component that allows you to enter data and instructions into a computer.
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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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CPU
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(Central Processing Unit)
The electronic components that interpret and carry out the basic instructions that operate the computer. |
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Memory
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Electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions.
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Storage / Storage Device
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Device that records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media.
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Communications Device
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A hardware component that enables a computer to transmit and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers or mobile devices.
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Network
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A collection of computers and devices connected together, often wirelessly, via communications devices and transmission media.
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Resources
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Hardware, software, data, and information shared by networked computers.
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Internet
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A worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals.
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Web / WWW
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(World Wide Web)
One of the more popular services on the Inernet. Contains billions of Web pages. |
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Web 2.0
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Websites that provide a means for uses to share persoal information, allows users to modify the web content, and install software.
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GUI
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Graphical User Interface
With a GUI you interact with software using text, graphics, and visual images such as icons. |
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Icon
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A miniature image that represents a program, an instruction, or some other object.
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System Software
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Consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices. Also serves as the interface between the user, application software, and the computers hardware.
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Application Software
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Consists of programs designed to make usersmore productive and/or assist them with personal tasks.
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Operating System
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A 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 perform 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 work with the computer, printer, and other hardware.
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Loading
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When a program is copied from storage to memory.
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Programmer
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(Developer)
They develop software or write instructions that direct the computer to process data into information. |
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Convergence
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A trend of computers and devices having technologies that overlap.
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Personal Computer
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Computer that can perform all of its input, processing, output, and storage activities by itself.
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Mobile Computer
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A personal computer you can carry from place to place.
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Notebook/laptop Computer
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A portable, personal computer 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 and draw on the screen using a digital pen.
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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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Server
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Controls access to the hardware, software, and other resources in a network and provides a centralized storage area for programs, data, and information.
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Mainframe
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A large, expensive, powerful computer that can handle hundreds or 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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A set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware devices.
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Tower
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An enclosure that holds the components of a computer; towers are used with desktop computers.
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Handheld
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A device that is meant to be used in the hand.
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