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exabyte
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2 to the 60th power (1,152,921,504,606,846,976) bytes
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kilobyte
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1,024 (2 to the 10th power) bytes
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petabyte
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A petabyte (PB) is 1015 bytes of data, 1,000 terabytes (TB) or 1,000,000 gigabytes (GB).
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gigabyte
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2 to the 30th power (1,073,741,824) bytes
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megabyte
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When used to describe data storage, 1,048,576 (2 to the 20th power) bytes
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terabyte
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2 to the 40th power (1,099,511,627,776) bytes
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BIOS
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the built-in software that determines what a computer can do without accessing programs from a disk.
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CPU
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the brains of the computer where most calculations take place
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HDD
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The mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk
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power suply
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the component that supplies power to a computer
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battery
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A rechargeable battery used in portable computer devices, such as notebook computers
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expansion card
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A printed circuit board that you can insert into a computer to give it added capabilities
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expansion card slot
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An opening in a computer where a circuit board can be inserted to add new capabilities to the computer
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heat sink with cooling fan
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A component designed to lower the temperature of an electronic device by dissipating heat into the surrounding air
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motherboard
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The main circuit board of a microcomputer
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RAM
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random access memory
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