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Abby's Lesson 1-2
Computer Literacy 2
Question | Answer |
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Audio input | Process of inputting the sound into the computer |
Biometrics | Authentication technique using autimated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiclogical or behaveral characteristics |
Digital camera | Takes pictures that are stored digitally and then transfered to the computer's memory |
Expansion slot | opening on the motherboard where an expansion board, also called an adaptorcard, can be inserted. |
Fire wire | External bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps and can connect up to 63external devices |
Inkjet printer | produces good-quality color printing for less expense than the laser printer |
input | data or instructions entered into a computer |
keyboard | most commonly use dinput device for entering numeric and alphabetic data into a computer |
laser printer | produces images using the same technology as a copier machine |
monitor | desktop computer display device |
modem | a device that allows one computer to talk to another |
mouse | most commonly used pointing device for persinal computers |
output | data that has been processed into a useful format |
plug-and-play | the ability of a computer system to configureexpansion boards and other devices atomatically |
pointing device | input device that allows you to position the pointer on the screen |
port | an interface to which a perpetual davice attaches to or communicates with the systen unit |
printer | used to produsce a paper or hard copy of the processing results |
Scanner | device that can change images into codesfor input into the computer |
track ball | pointing device that works like a mouse turned upside down with the ball on top |
universal serial bus | port that can connect up to 127 different peripherals with a single connector and supports dadt transfer rates of up to 200 million bits per second |