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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |