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lesson 4hea
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cable Management | organizing and protecting computers system cables |
| Corona wires | laser printer wires used to generate a feild of positive charges on the surface of the drum and the paper |
| cookie | small text file that a web site uses to identify a specific computer |
| defragmentation | a process that reducew the amount of fragmentation on a disk by physically organizing the contents of the disk so the pieces of each file are stored contiguously |
| egronomic keyboard | keyboard that allows for more natural positiong of arms and hands |
| maintance | performing tasks on a regular schedule to mangage and prevent equiptment problems |
| recycle bin | holding area for files and folders before their final deletion from a storage device |
| sectors | storage locations on a hard diskwhere data files are written |
| seek time | how long it takes the computer to scan for a file; affects speed of processing cycle and computer performance |
| touchpad | a pointing device that can be used instead of a mouse performance |
| wireless keyboard | kyboard that reduces the clutter of wires and cables, and improves mobility |
| fragmentation | occurs when a piece of data is broken up into many pieces that are not stored close together |