Lesson 4 Vocabulary

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Cable Management

Back 1

is the way you treat you cables

Front 2

Corona Wires

Back 2

are wires that generate a field of positive charges in the surface of the drum and the paper.

Front 3

Cookie

Back 3

is a small text file that a Web site uses to identify a specific computer.

Front 4

Defragmentation

Back 4

is a utility that Windows has that reduces the amount of fragmentation by physically organizing the contents of the disk to store the pieces of each file contiguously.

Front 5

Ergonomic Keyboard

Back 5

are keyboards that allow for a more natural positioning of your arms and hands.

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Fragmentation

Back 6

occurs when a piece of data is broken up into many peices that are not stored close together.

Front 7

Maintenance

Back 7

a regular process to keep your computer running properly.

Front 8

Recycle Bin

Back 8

is a holding area for files and folders before their final deletion from a storage device.

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Sectors

Back 9

Broken up information that are stored in nonadjacent clusters, thus creating fragmented files.

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Seek Time

Back 10

is one or more time-consuming elements in a computer's performance and can significantly slow the speed of the proccessing cycle.

Front 11

Touchpad

Back 11

is a pointing device you can use instead of a mouse.

Front 12

Wireless Keyboard

Back 12

reduces the clutter of unsightly wires and other cable problems and improves mobility.