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18 Cards in this Set
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- Back
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Hardware |
A computer or any equipment connected to it |
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Software |
Set of instructions that a computer follows to perform a task |
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System Unit |
The case that holds the computer's important hardware components |
Components to process, store, collect, and output data |
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Microprocessor |
The brain of the computer, which carries out commands that you issues when creating documents, drawing pictures, or manipulating numbers |
Work with data |
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Data |
Represent words, numbers, and pictures |
Work with microprocessor |
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Random Access Memory (RAM) |
memory chip |
Temporarily |
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Storage media |
Permanent home |
Hard disk, USB flash drives |
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Storage devices |
Devices that are designed to store data on disks and other storage media |
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Hard disk drive |
Main storage device for most PCs |
located inside the system unit |
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Bit |
Represent data |
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Eight bits |
byte |
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Byte |
Used to represent one letter, numeral, or symbol. |
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Capacity of storage devices |
Measured in megabytes, gigabytes, or terabytes. |
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Megabyte (MB) |
Equivalent to approximately a million characters of data |
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Gigabyte (GB) |
Is billion characters |
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Terabyte (aTB) |
Trillion characters |
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Input devices |
Keyboards, muce, and touchpad that are used to enter data for processing |
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Outside devices |
Printers, display screens, show the result of processing |
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