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Term | Definition |
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port | on the side of the computer where you plug a cable into |
cable/cord | one or more wires that transmits power or data from devices or locations |
qwerty | american style keyboard |
software | set of instructions the tells the computer what to do |
hardware | all physical parts of a computer |
operating system | software that controls all of the other programs and allows the computer to preform basic tasks |
digital | information that's represented as data using 1 and 0 |
hard drive | a built in storage device inside a computer |
input | information that is entered into the computer |
output | information that a computer produce or processes |
external storage device | small storage device that can be easily removed from a computer and is portable |
read only memory | cannot be changed or deleted data that can be read by a digital device |
e portfolio | a collection of the best documents and projects you have created and save in an electronic format |