Chapter 1 Review Flashcards
a removable means of storage that plugs into a USB port
flash drive
the physical components of a computer such as the hard drive, keyboard and printer
hardware
the programs or instructions that tell the computer what to do, such as word processing
software
the brain of the computer, carries out commands
CPU
the computers working memory, erases when the computer is turned off
RAM
approximatley a million bites of storage
megabyte
approximatley a billion bytes of storage
gigabyte
the keypad to the rught that allows youvto key #s
numeric keypad
the hardware used to pass info into a computer such as a mouse, keyboard or microphone
input
the hardware that receives and displays the info comingfrom the computer, such as a monitor, printer and speakers
output
device that allows your computer to talk to other computers over a telephone line
modem
a video lr computer displau device that has a screen and shows the results
monitor
a printer that uses photographic technology to produce a high quality output- highest resolution, perfect printer
laser printe
hardware that provides printed output from the computer
printer
a printed copy of computer output
hard copy
f1-f12 at the top of the keyboard
function keys
a screen copy or computer copy of output
soft copy
a disc on which info can be read from only, such as software purchased
CD-ROM
any hardware attatched to the outside of the CPU
peripharels
global network of computers that connects millions of users
internet
a network of computers within a company or organization
intranet
a computer network that spans a relatively long geographic area. ex- internet
wide area network
permanent memory that is built into the computer on chips and cant be changed
ROM
application software that creates amd edits text documents
word processing
applications software that allows you to perform math equations
spreadsheets/graphics
soctware that allows you to send and retrieve electronice mail
communications software
restartjng the computer by pressing alt ctrl and delete
warm boot
turning on the computer by pressing the power button
cold boot
appromatley 1000 characters of data
kilobyte
flashdrive is an example of
a data storage device
software that allows you to keep track of large amounts of info like a baseball card collection
database
software that allows you to create high quality documents such as a brochure
desktop publishing software
type of software that allows you to make oral presentations to a group
presentation software
keys that carry out various commands
computer keys
type of CD that can on,y be written on once
CD R
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cursor directional or nvigatinal keys
action computer takes to perform task
input
action a computer twkes
processing
results
output
save to use another date
storage
later on you can open data
retrieval
anything extra that you can add like a microphone or webcam, peinter
peripherals
physical equiptment- tools machinery and other durable equiptment
hardware
compact disk that can only be used once
CD
rewritable- copy and rewrite onto kt erased or changed
CD RW
