Usually mounted inside the computer’s system unit and can store billions of characters of data.

A named collection of data that exists on a storage medium.

Graphical User Interface

A type of user interface that features on-screen objects, such as menus and icons, manipulated by a mouse.

Master controller for all activities that take place within a computer

Means of recording data as light and dark spots on CD or DVD with the use of a low-power laser light.

Method of storing large amounts of data on tape using helical scan technology to write data at high densities across the tape at an angle.

Recording of data onto disks or tape by magnetizing particles of an oxide based surface coating.

Round piece of flexible Mylar plastic covered with a thin layer of magnetic oxide and sealed inside a protective covering.

Running more than one program at a time or making sure that the instructions and data from one area of memory don’t interfere with memory allocated for other programs.

Set of computer programs that help a person carry out a task.

Set of detailed, step-by-step instructions that tell a computer how to solve a problem or carry out a task.

Storage device that uses laser technology to read data that is permanently stored on compact disks, cannot be used to write data to a disk.

The density of the grid used to display or print text and graphics

The subdirectory or subdivision, of a directory that can contain files or other directories.

Underlying hardware and software of the computer system.

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Vocabulary Quiz 4

Question	Answer
Hard disk	Usually mounted inside the computer’s system unit and can store billions of characters of data.
File	A named collection of data that exists on a storage medium.
Graphical User Interface	A type of user interface that features on-screen objects, such as menus and icons, manipulated by a mouse.
Operating System	Master controller for all activities that take place within a computer
Optical Storage	Means of recording data as light and dark spots on CD or DVD with the use of a low-power laser light.
Digital Audio Tape	Method of storing large amounts of data on tape using helical scan technology to write data at high densities across the tape at an angle.
Magnetic Storage	Recording of data onto disks or tape by magnetizing particles of an oxide based surface coating.
Floppy disk	Round piece of flexible Mylar plastic covered with a thin layer of magnetic oxide and sealed inside a protective covering.
Multi-tasking	Running more than one program at a time or making sure that the instructions and data from one area of memory don’t interfere with memory allocated for other programs.
Application Software	Set of computer programs that help a person carry out a task.
Program	Set of detailed, step-by-step instructions that tell a computer how to solve a problem or carry out a task.
CD-ROM	Storage device that uses laser technology to read data that is permanently stored on compact disks, cannot be used to write data to a disk.
Resolution	The density of the grid used to display or print text and graphics
Folder	The subdirectory or subdivision, of a directory that can contain files or other directories.
Platform	Underlying hardware and software of the computer system.

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