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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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