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Chapter one vocabulary

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What is Current knowelge and understanding of computers?   Computer literacy  
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What is an Electronic device operated under the control of intructions stored in it's memory?   Computer  
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What is a collection of unprocessed items?   Data  
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What conveys meaning useful to people?   Information  
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What is used to enter data intructions   hardware  
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What are mouses, keyboards and Scanners?   Input devices  
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What are Monitors, speakers and printers?   Output devices  
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What are Hard drives and Flash drives?   Storage devices  
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What has greater storage capacity than a USB flash drive and is most commonly found inside a system unit   Hard Drive  
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What is a portable storeage device?   Flash Drive  
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What is a case that contains the electronic compoents of the computer that are used to process data?   System unit  
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What Interperts and carries out basic instructions?   Processor/CPU  
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What is stored instuctions waiting to be excueted?   Memory  
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What is the main circuit board of the system unit, which has some eletronic components attached to it and others built into it   Motherboard  
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Hardware component that enbles a computer to send/receive data   Communication device  
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  Modem  
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  Software  
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What are programs that are designed to make users more productive   Application software  
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Programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and it's devices   System software  
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  Personal computers- Desktop and laptop Mobile computers- Tablet PC digital pen Game consoles- Ps3 and Xbox 360 Servers Mainframe computers Super computers Embedded computers- computers embedded in Cars  
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