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| The performance of a hard drive or other storage device – how long it takes to locate a file |
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| A program in which you do your work |
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| The smallest piece of information used by the computer. Derived from “binary digit” In computer language, either a one or a zero. A combination of bits can indicate an alphabetic character, a numeric digit or perform signaling, switching or other functions |
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| A programming error that causes a program to behave in an unexpected way. |
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| An electronic pathway though which data is transmitted between components in a computer. |
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| A piece of computer information made up of eight bits |
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| The Central Procession Unit. The processing chip that is the “brains” of a computer. Does most of the data processing |
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| To concatenate fragments of data into contiguous blocks in memory or on a hard drive |
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| A spinning platter made of magnetic or optically etched material on which data can be stored. Permanent storage for programs and documents |
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| Hardware capable of reading and writing data stored on a disk |
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| A file on a computer which tells it how to communicate with an add-on piece of equipment |
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| A startup program that runs when you start the computer and then it enhances the function |
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| The breaking up of a file into many separate locations in memory or on a disk |
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| A gigabyte (1024 megabytes) |
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| A large capacity storage device made of multiple disks housed in a rigid case |
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| To format a disk for use in the computer, creates a new directory and arranges the tracks for the recording of data. |
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| short for megabyte (1024 kilobytes) |
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| The temporary holding area where data is stored while it is being used or changed, the amount of RAM a computer has installed. |
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| A subdivision of a hard drive’s surface that is defined and used as a separate drive |
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| An add-on component to your computer |
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| A connection socket or jack |
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| - Random-Access Memory, the computers electronic memory; your work area |
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| Read Only Memory, memory that can only be read and not written to |
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| Computer programs written to perform specific tasks |
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