An information technology professional is a person who has had formal education in the technical aspects of using a computer system.

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An information technology professional is a person who has had formal education in the technical aspects of using a computer system.

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Computer professionals

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An end-user, or simple a user, is someone without much technical knowledge of information technology who uses computers for entertainment, education, or work-related tasks.

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GENERAL USERS / END-USERS

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Any program that controls the computer’s hardware or that can be used to maintain the computer in some way so that it runs more efficiently.

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SYSTEM SOFTWARE

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Assists in the preparation of legal documents and provides legal information to individuals, families, and small businesses.

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LEGAL SOFTWARE

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A communication device that connects multiple computers or other routers together and transmits data to its correct destination on a network.

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ROUTERS

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It holds data, instructions, and information for future use. It records (writes) and/or retrieves (reads) items to and from storage media.

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STORAGE DEVICES

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Who known as “father of computers,” discovered a machine which could be used to perform calculations of simple tables.

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CHARLES BABBAGE

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It is one of the faster growing operating system. Linux is a popular, multitasking UNIX-type operating system. It includes all the respected features of UNIX, including multitasking, virtual memory, Internet support, and a graphical user interface.

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LINUX

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These cards accept audio input from a microphone and convert it into a form that can be processed by the computer

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SOUND CARDS

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It also known as FireWire ports, are faster than USB ports and provide connections to specialized HPSB devices such as camcorders.

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HIGH PERFORMANCE SERIAL BUS (HPSB) PORTS

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An application software that assists people in becoming more effective and efficient while performing their daily business activities.

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BUSINESS SOFTWARE

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It is a palm-sized device that is moved around on a flat surface to cause a corresponding movement of the pointer on the screen.

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MOUSE

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It is a utility that performs functions related to file management

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FILE MANAGER

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Sometimes called a broadband modem, is a digital modem that sends and receives digital data over the cable television (CATV) network.

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CABLE MODEMS

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It is also known as television boards and personal video recorder cards, contain a TV tuner and a video converter that changes the TV signal into one that can be displayed on your monitor.

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TV TUNER CARDS

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It is a multitasking operating system available only for computers manufactured by Apple. It includes features from previous versions of the Macintosh operating system such as large photoquality icons, built-in networking support, e-mail, online shopping, enhanced speech recognition, CD burning, and enhanced multimedia capabilities.

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Mac OS X

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It provides relatively inexpensive, long-term or permanent storage of data.

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SECONDARY STORAGE

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Who is the founder of Microsoft developed an operating system – MS-DOS

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BILL GATES

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It is an operating system that is designed specifically to support a network.

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NETWORK OPERATING SYSTEM

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It also called main memory or primary storage, consists of memory chips that can be read from and written to by the processor and other devices.

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RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY

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It combines application software such as word processing, spreadsheet, and database into a single, easy-to-use package.

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INTEGRATED SOFTWARE

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It sends digital data and information from a computer to an ISDN line and receives digital data and information from an ISDN line.

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ISDN and DSL MODEMS

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These cards can be used for a variety of purposes, including increasing memory and connecting to the Internet. To meet size constraints of portable computers, credit card-sized expansion boards have been developed. They are called _______________.

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PC CARDS or PERSONAL COMPUTER MEMORY CARD INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION (PCMCIA) CARDS

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It produces output, usually in the form of text, on paper; however, some printers produce graphics.

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PRINTER

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A hardware used to translate words, sounds, images, and actions that people understand into a form that the system unit can process.

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INPUT DEVICES

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A case that contains electronic components of the computer used to process data.

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A system unit

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It is usually called the ALU, performs two type of operations: arithmetic and logical.

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THE ARITHMETIC-LOGIC UNIT

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It translate a personal characteristic (the input) into a digital code that is compared with a digital code stored in the computer.

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Biometric device

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What is Internet encyclopedia

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Wikipedia

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It is a versatile input device providing a set of alphabetic, numeric, punctuation, symbolic and control keys. It contains keys users press to enter data into a computer.

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Keyboard

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A direct-access secondary storage device that consists of a stack of platters made of a hard substance such as aluminum or glass.

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Hard disk

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It is the process of translating data in machine-readable form into a form understandable to humans or readable by other machines.

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Output devices