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DCT Chp 1
Key Terms
Term | Definition |
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Software | A set of instructions |
Operating System | Software that controls all of the other software programs and allows the computer to perform basic tasks |
Hardware | Includes all the physical parts of a computer |
Digital | Information that is represented as an individual pieces of data using the numbers 1 and 0, rather than a continuous stream |
Hard Drive | A built-in storage device inside a computer |
Input | information that is entered in to a comuter |
Output | information that a computer produces or processes |
External Storage Device | A storage device that can be easily removed from a computer and is often small and portable |
Read Only Memory (ROM) | Memory that holds data that can be read by a digital device but cannot be changed or deleted |
E-Portfolio | A collection of the best documents and projects you have created and saved in a electronic format |