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11 Cards in this Set
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Personal Computer (PC) |
computer designed for general use by a single person |
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Light-Emitting Diode (LED) |
semiconductor light source used in various applications; in the world of computers, LED technology is used to make optical mouses and Led displays |
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Touchpad |
computer pointing device which takes advantage of a tactile sensor to detect a user's finger movement |
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Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) |
thin, light electronic display which employs the light modulating properties of liquid crystals |
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Universal Serial Bus (USB) connector |
interface designed to connect computer and peripheral devices, such as printers, mouses, keyboards, USB flash drives and external hard drives |
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Motherboard |
main circuit board inside personal computers which holds the majority of computer components and provides connectors for peripherals |
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Central Processing Unit (CPU) |
microprocessor which calculates all the data going through a personal computer |
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Clock Rate |
common measurements of CPU speed; tells how fast the CPU can process date; the higher the clock rate, the faster the CPU |
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Megahertz (MHz) |
unit of measurement of CPU clock rate; one megahertz refers to a clock rate of one million cycles per second |
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Gigahertz |
unit of measurement of CPU clock rate; one gigahertz refers to a clock rate of one billion cycles per second |
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Random Access Memory (RAM) |
type of computer memory, which temporarily stores computer |
