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expansion cards   A circuit board inserted into a slot on the motherboard to enhance the capability of the computer.  
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expansion slots   A narrow slot on the motherboard where an expansion card can be inserted.  
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firmware   Software that is permanently stored in a chip.  
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flash ROM   ROM that can be reprogrammed or changed without replacing chips.  
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floppy disk drive (FDD)   A drive that can hold either a 5 inch or 3 inch floppy disk.  
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floppy drive   A drive that can hold either a 5 inch or 3 inch floppy disk  
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front side bus (FSB   The bus between the CPU and memory on the motherboard.  
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gigahertz (GHz)   One thousand MHz, or one billion cycles per second.  
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graphics card   An interface card installed in the computer to control visual output on a monitor  
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hard copy   Output from a printer to paper.  
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hard disk drive (HDD)   The main secondary storage device of a PC.  
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hard drive   The main secondary storage device of a PC.  
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hardware   The physical components that constitute the computer system, such as the monitor, the keyboard, the motherboard, and the printer.  
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hertz (Hz)   Unit of measurement for frequency, calculated in terms of vibrations, or cycles per second. For example, for 16–bit stereo sound, a frequency of 44,000Hz is used.  
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host bus   The bus between the CPU and memory on the motherboard. The bus frequency in documentation is called the system speed, such as 400 MHz. Also called the memory bus, front–side bus, local bus, or host bus.  
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keyboard   A common input device through which data and instructions may be typed into computer memory.  
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