Chapter 1 Flashcards
A device that detects the physical tilt and acceleration of the device.
Accelerometer
Software that allows a computer user to perform useful functions such as writing a report or calculating a budget.
Application (app)
An integrated circuit (chip) that performs the calculations, or processing, for a computer. Also called a microprocessor.
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
A software component that accesses services of a network server.
Client
A user interface that consists of a character-based command line that provides only sparse amounts of information
Command-line Interface (CLI)
A device that performs calculations.
Computer
An operating system based on a Linux kernel with a GUI based on the Chrome web browser
Chrome OS
Cursor
Device Driver
Device Management
Directory
Distribution
Embedded OS
File Management
File System
Firmware
Folder
Formatting
Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Input / Output (I/O)