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1. Bandwidth: The amount of data that can be transmitted over
anetwork in a given amount of time.
2. bits: a single digit number, and is the smallest form of
data
3. Broadband: high-speed Internet access
4. bytes: 8 bits
5. CMOS: technology used by some RAM chips, flash memory chips,
and other types of memory chips that provide high speedsand
consumes little power by using battery power while thecomputer is
off.
6. Dial-Up: Connecting to the internet via a phone line
7. Display: the monitor of the computer
8. Display Adapter: (computer science) an electronic device
thatconverts information in memory to video output to a display
9. Ethernet: a type of networking technology for local
areanetworks
10. Firewire Port: Port used to connect high speed devices such
as
a digi tal video camera or external s torage device.11. Flash
Memory: nonvolatile storage that can be electrically
erased and programmed anew
12. Floppy-Disk: a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a
stiff envelope with a radial slit
13. Gb-Gig-Gigabytes: 1,000 megabytes
14. Hard Disk: A round, metal platter in the hard drive of
thecomputer; it s tores large amounts of information
15. Hardware: parts of the computer you can touch
16. Input Device: a device that can be used to insert data into
acomputer or other computational device
17. Kb-Kilobytes: 1,000 bytes
18. Mb-Meg-Megabytes: 1,000 kilobytes
19. megahertz: a speed rating for your computers processor
20. Modem: computer hardware that allows information to bepassed
through the telephone lines.
21. motherboard: The main circuit board of a microcomputer.
Themotherboard contains the connectors for attaching additional
boards.
22. operating system: is the software that communicates
withcomputer hardware on the most basic level
23. Optical Device: refers to lasers, which can see and read
data onoptical disks. These Disks include CDs and DVDs
24. Output Device: any device that outputs information out of
acomputer
25. Parallel Port: an interface between a computer and a printer
where the computer sends multiple bits of information to theprinter
simultaneously
26. Peripheral Device: an external device that provides input
andoutput for the computer
27. Pixel: are what make up the images on computer displays
28. processor: the brain of the computer
29. RAM: the most common computer memory which can be used by
programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on,the
memory is temporarily stored on the computer
30. Refresh Rate: The speed at which a monitor redraws theimages
on the screen. Also called scan rate
31. resolution: describes how many pixels a monitor can
display
32. ROM: (Read only memory) a chip on the motherboard that
isprerecorded with and permanently stores the set of
instructionsthat the computer uses when you turn in on;
permanent
33. Serial Port: an interface (commonly used for modems and
miceand some printers) that transmits data a bit at a time
34. Software: parts of the computer you can't touch
35. Solid-State Disk: a high-capacity storage device that
containshigh-speed random access memory
36. Sound Card: an expansion board that enables a computer
tomanipulate and output sounds
37. Tb-Terabytes: 1,000 gigabytes38. USB 2.0: Universal Serial
Bus (fas ter)
39. USB Port: Short for Universal Serial Bus, an external
busstandard that supports data transfer rates of 12 MBPS.
40. VGA/DVI: Two most common display adapter types
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