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| Programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist with personal tasks. Examples include: word processing software, presentation software, spreadsheet software and database software. |
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| Programs that protect a computer against viruses. Most anti-virus programs also protect against other malware. |
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| A hardware component that enables a computer to send and receive data, instructions and information to and from one or more computers or mobile devices. |
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| An electronic devise, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory, that can accept data (input), process the data according to specified rules (process), produce results (output), and store the results (storage) for future use. |
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| Central processor Unit (CPU) |
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| The main chip on the computer that makes everything go. The CPU acts as a processor to interpret and carry out the basic instructions that operate a computer. |
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| Directory (AKA Folder, sub-directory) |
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| Allows you to organize files and other folders. |
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| The name of the window that allows you to navigate to and manage your computer files and folders. |
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| A way to measure the amount of disk space, typically used for hard drives. A GB consists of 1 billion bytes or 1,024 megabytes (MB) |
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| This is the clock speed of the microprocessor. The higher the number, the quicker the information is processed. GHz relates to how many billions of instructions can be processed per second. |
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| Also called hard disk. This is a storage device that serves as the computer's electronic filing cabinet, and it stores the computer's operating system, files, programs and documents. Some hard drives are portable and known as an external hard drive or a removable hard drive. |
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| In a Graphical User interface (GUI), a small pictorial, on screen representation of an object, such as a document, program, folder, or disk drive. |
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| Random Access Memory (RAM) |
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| A form of computer memory. Sometimes RAM is referred to as the main memory. Memory is the circuitry or devize that holds information in an electrical or magnetic form. Memory stores instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by those instructions. |
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| Instructions that tell the computer what to do. |
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| This device allows your computer to reproduce music, sounds and recorded voices. Make sure you have a sound card if you plan to play multimedia games. |
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| The computer hardware that records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media |
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| Allows your computer to work |
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| Sometimes called a thumb drive or a jump drive, is a flash memory storage device that plugs into a USB port on a computer or mobile device |
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| The video card is the part of the computer that sends the images to the monitor |
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| A potentially damaging computer program that affects or infects a computer negatively by altering the way the computer works without the user's knowledge or permission. It is important to keep computers protected and to follow recommended usage guidelines to prevent viruses and other malware. |
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| should be used for computer and all peripherals. Unplug them during storms |
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| should not be thrown out once installed. you may need to reinstall the software at a later time. |
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| uninstalling programs not in use |
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| Frees up space on computer |
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| McAfee or Norton Utilities to prevent malware or viruses from gaining access to computer |
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| avoid accepting any downloads or opening emails and attachments from unknown sources. |
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| will also prevent computer from intruders and/or viruses |
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