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Details Title: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW Description: ABOUT COMPUTERS AND HOW THEY WORK Total Flash Cards: 14 Created: 02/07/2006 21:34:08	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term COMPUTER Definition MACHINE USED FOR CALCULATING INSTRUCTIONS Term PC Definition TERM USED BY IBM TO NAME THEIR FIRST COMPUTERS FOR PERSONAL USE, AT HOME INSTEAD OF AT WORK Term CPU Definition LARGE CENTRAL SILICON CHIP USED TO PROCESS INFORMATION Term ROM Definition READ ONLY MEMORY, UNCHANGEABLE INFORMATION STORED IN VARIOUS FORMATS Term RAM Definition RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY, BANK OF CHIPS ON A CARD FOR STORING RANDOMLY USED INFORMATION Term BIT Definition ONE BIT OF INFORMATION Term BYTE Definition EIGHT BIT'S OF INFORMATION Term KB-KILOBYTE Definition 1024 BYTES IF INFORMATION Term MB-MEGABYTE Definition 1024 KILOBYTES OF INFORMATION Term GB-GIGABYTE Definition 1024 MEGABYTES OF INFORMATION Term TERABYTE Definition 1024 GIGABYTES OF INFORMATION Term 3.5" FLOPPY DISK Definition STORAGE DEVICE MADE OF A THIN FERROUS OXIDE DISK IN A 3.5" STIFF SQUARE HOUSING, USUALLY FORMATTED TO HOLD FROM 400kb TO 1.44 MB'S OF INFORMATION Term 5.25" FLOPPY DISK Definition STORAGE DEVICE MADE OF A THIN FERROUS OXIDE DISK IN A 5.25" FLOPPY SQUARE HOUSING CAPABLE OF STORING BETWEEN 100K and 1.2MB OF INFORMATION Term 8" FLOPPY DISK Definition INVENTED BY IBM IN THE LATE 1960'S FOR STORING INFORMATION