Computer Terminology

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Hardware
All the various physical parts of the computer system, that you can touch including:









System Unit
contains all the electronic components of the computer: motherboard, etc.







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Monitor
Are made up of pixels. The greater the number of pixels the better the graphics.







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Keyboard
the main way of entering information into a computer system.








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Computer Mouse input device - moves the on-screen cursor to different items on the screen.






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Processor or Central Processing Unit
does the electronic processing. It determines how powerful and fast your computer is.




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RAM Random Access Memory
stores information temporarily while using the computer and loses it when the power is turned off.




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Hard Drive ‘C Local Disk’
This is the main storage area on your computer; where all programs and data is stored.







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Solid State Drive (SSD)
Uses flash memory to store data (like a USB). They have much faster read/write speed than hard disk drives.







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Motherboard
The main circuit board containing the most vital components of the computer.






Modem
a device used to connect your computer to the telephone system so you can connect to the Internet.







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Mobile Medium
is the name used for the means for storing and transporting your data.



 








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USB Memory Stick
used to store and transfer information including data, text, graphics and digital images.







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Compact Disk (CD)
can hold a large amount of information. 










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Digital Video Disk (DVD)
a type of compact disc able to store large amounts of data, especially high-resolution audio-visual.








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USB Port
Short for Universal Serial Bus, an external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps.







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Headphone Port A small round connector for accepting the pin-shaped plug from a standard pair of music headphones.





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Printer
Used to produce a hard copy of your work. Ink jet and laser printers are the most common.