Hardware Vocabulary
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| Computer Literacy | understanding of computers and their uses.
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| Comuter | Electronic device, operating under the control of instrutions stored in its own memory.
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| Data | Collection of unprocessed items,which can include text, numbers, images, audio, and video.
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| Information Processing Cycle | Series of input, process, output, and storage activities performed by a computer.
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| Input Devices | Any hardware component that allows users to enter data and instructions into a computer.
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| Output Devices | is any hardware component that conveys information to one or more people.
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| Storage Devices | records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media.
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| System Unit | is a case that contains the electronic components of the computer that are used to process data.
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| Motherboard | Main circuit board of the system unit.
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| Communication Devices | is a hardware component that enables a computer to send and recieve data to and from one computer to another.
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| Application Software | Program designed to make users more productive and/or assisting them with personal tasks.
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| System Software | Consists of the programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer snd its devices.
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| Personal Computers | Computer that can perform all of its input,processing,output, and storage activities by itself and contains a processor, memory,and one or more input, output, and storage devices.
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| Moblie Computers | Computing device small enough for a user to hold in his or her hand.
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| Tablet PC | Special type of notebook computer that allows users to write on the screen using a digital pen.
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| Digital Pen | Input device that allows users to write or drawn on the screen.
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| Game Consoles | Mobile computing device designed for sigle player or multiplayer video games.
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| Servers | Computer that controls acces to hardware, software, and other resources on a network.
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| Mainframe Computer | Large,expensive,powerful computer that can handle hundreads or thousands of connected users simultaneously storing tremendous amounts of data.
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| Super Computers | Fastest, most powerful, and most expensive type of computer.
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| Embedded Computers | Special computer that functions as a component in another product.
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| Guy Turner | 2nd pd
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