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12 Cards in this Set
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Computer Literacy
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Having a current knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses
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Computer
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and electronic device operating under the controll of instructions stored into its memory that can be accept/process data and produce/store results
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Data
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a collection of unprcessed 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. ex. receipts
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Information process cycle
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a series of input, process, output, and storage activities performed by a computer
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Hardware
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The many electric, electronic, and michanical components a computer contains. These include inout/output devices, storage devices etc.
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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 (central processing unit)
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The electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer
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Memory
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the memory consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions
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Storage/Sorage Device
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storage holds data, instructions, and information for future use and storage device does this. can be portable or permanent records or writes and retrieves or reads data and information
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Communications device
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A hardware component that enables th send/recieve data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers or mobile devices
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