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computer basics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| the inside the monitor for a iMac computer | tower case |
| the place to insert CDs. | cd-rom |
| allows you to write information to the disk as well as read from it. | cd-rw |
| looks just like a CD, but it holds much more information. | dvd |
| a special ball that allows you to roll it around on a pad | cursor |
| allows you to move your finger across a pressure sensitive pad and press to click. | touchpad |
| uses inks to print. | inkjetprinter inkjet printer |
| to take electricity from your house | power supply |
| its name because it is like a mother to all of the all other circuit boards | mother board |
| is an expansion card allows computer to talk to each other | modem |
| the brain of the computer | cpu or central processing unit |
| a very important computer component | BIOS or basic input output system |
| are the places on the outside of the computer case | ports |
| read information off | disk drives |
| storage in a computer to hold | data |
| sometimes computers have problems that can cause them to | crash |