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| An electronic device for storing and processing data, manipulates and processing information, and produces a result |
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| A computer that is portable and suitable for use while traveling and does not need to be plugged in, because of a battery |
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| A visual viewing device that displays information from the computer (monitor is external device, display is built in) |
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| (Cathode ray tube) Shoots red, blue, and yellow beams of light at a chemical coated glass plate, that bend to make colors. (old technology) |
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| (Liquid crystal display) They have two sheets of polarizing material with a liquid crystal solution between them. An electric current passed through the liquid causes the crystals to align so that light cannot pass through them. Each crystal, therefore, is like a shutter, either allowing light to pass through or blocking the light. |
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| A panel of keys that operate a computer (text input device) |
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| Button-operated pointing device that can be used to move, select, activate, and change items on a computer screen |
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| This is where the computer stores all your data (primary data storage device) |
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| A small electronic device containing flash memory that is used for storing data or transferring it to or from a computer |
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| A compact disc for storing small amounts of data (r=recordable, rw= re-writable, rom=read only) |
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| A type of compact disc able to store large amounts of data |
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| The software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks, executing applications, and controlling peripherals (ex. mac osx, windows xp vista 7, linux, unix, bsd, sun, chrome) |
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| The main circuit board for a computer |
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| The part of a computer that interprets and executes instructions (central processing unit) |
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| Memory hardware that allows fast access to permanently stored data but prevents addition to or modification of the data (read only memory) |
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| (Random access memory) is a form of data storage that can be accessed randomly at any time, in any order and from any physical location, allowing quick access and manipulation (where all work is taking place/everything that is open in computer runs through RAM/erases information when computer shuts down) |
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| A tiny wafer of semiconducting material used to make an integrated circuit |
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| Electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer |
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| Input/Output Device (I/O) |
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| Refers to the communication between an information processing system (such as a computer), and the outside world possibly a human, or another information processing system INPUT - mouse, keyboard, microphone OUTPUT - headphones, speakers, printer I/0 - usb flash drives, hard drive, network cards |
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| A removable circuit board for a personal computer; fits into a slot in the mother board |
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| Bit is the smallest unit of information stored on a computer |
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| Byte is a unit of information capable of holding one digit |
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| Kilobyte is a unit of information equal to 1,024 bytes |
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| Megabyte is a unit of information equal to one million bytes |
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| Gigabyte is equal to one billion bytes |
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| Terabyte is one trillion bytes |
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| The sharpness and clarity of an image (measure or total amount of pixels on a monitor or in a digital image) |
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| A single point in a graphic image (no set pixel size) ... Minecraft is all pixels (a block is an example of a pixel) |
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| Universal serial bus, transmits power and data (480 Mbit, hot swappable) |
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| Can be used to connect devices such as digital video cameras, hard drives, audio interfaces, and MP3 players, such as the Apple iPod, to your computer |
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| Short-range radio technology (or wireless technology) aimed at simplifying communications among Internet devices and between devices and the Internet (one device sends security code, other device has to input device) |
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