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Module 1 Lesson 2
IBCA Vocabulary 2
Question | Answer |
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Audio Input | Process of inputting sound into the computer. |
Biometrics | Authentication technique using automated methods of recognizing a person based on a physiological or behavioral characteristic. |
Digital Camera | Takes pictures that are stored digitally and then transferred to the computer's memory. |
Expansion Slot | Opening on the motherboard where an expansion board, also called an adapter card, can be inserted. |
Fire Wire | External bus standard that supports data transfer rates of up to 400 Mbps and can connect up to 63 external devices. |
InkJet Printer | Provides good-quality color printing for less expense than a laser printer. |
Input | Data or instructions entered into a computer. |
Keyboard | Most commonly used input device for entering numeric and alphabetic data into a computer. |
Laser Printer | Produces images using the same technology as copier machines. |
Modem | A device that allows one computer to talk to another. |
Monitor | Desktop computer display device. |
Mouse | Most commonly used pointing device for personal computers. |
Output | Data that has been processed into a useful format. |
Plug-and-Play | The ability of a computer system to configure expansion boards and other devices automatically. |
Pointing Device | Input Device that allows you to position the pointer on the screen. |
Port | An interface to which a peripheral device attaches to or communicates with the system unit. |
Printer | Used to produce a paper or hard copy of the processing results. |
Scanner | Device that can change images into codes for input into the computer. |
Trackball | Pointing device that works like a mouse turned upside down with the ball on top. |
Universal Serial Bus (USB) | Port that can connect up to 127 different peripherals with a single connector and supports data transfer rates of up to 200 million bits per second (Mbps) |