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George Chapter 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hardware | electric,electronic,and mechanical compomnents in a computer. |
| information processing cycle | input,process,output,storage,communication. |
| information | conveys meaning and is useful to people |
| data | collection of unprocessed items |
| computer | electronic device operating under the control of instruction in its memory |
| computer literacy | current knowledge and understanding of computer and their uses |
| input device | mouse,keyboard,flash drive |
| output device | hardware that conveys information to one or more. |
| storage devices | records and retrievers items to and from storage mdeia. |
| hard drive | provides greater strorage capacity than a usb flash drive |
| flash drive | portable storage device |
| processor | interprets and carries out the basic instructions |
| memory | store instructions and waiting to be executed for those instructions. |
| motherboard | main circuit board of the syste unit which had some electronic componenets attatched to iy and other built into it. |
| communication devices | enable a computer to send and recieve data,intstructiong, and informaton |
| modem | communications device that converts a comouter's digital signals to analog signals |
| application software | programs designed to make users more productive. |
| system software | programs that control or maintain the operation of the computer and all it's devices |
| personal computer | desktop & notebooks |
| tablet pc | resemble a letter-sized slate |
| digital pen | input device that allows users to write or draw on the screen by pressing th epen and issue sintructins to a Tablet apca |
| game console |