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| Also called random access memory or RAM, consists of electronic components that temporarily store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions and the results of processed data |
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| (k or KB0 equals 1,000 bytes |
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| One memory location or character |
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| Print by striking a inked ribbon against the paper, one type is the dot matrix printer |
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| Print by means other then striking a ribbon against the paper, ink-jet and laser |
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| Form characters or graphics by using a nozzle that sprays tiny drops of ink onto the page |
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| High speed, high quality nonimpact printer that employs copier-machine technology, it converts data from the computer into a beam of light that is focused on a photoconductor drum, forming the images to be printed |
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| Numbers of pages per minute |
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| Output device that visually conveys text, graphics and video information |
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| Is a display device that is packaged in separate unit |
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| LCD monitor, uses a liquid display crystal, similar to a digital watch to produce images on a screen |
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| cathode ray tube - the surface of the screen is composed of individual picture elements called pixel |
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| Individual picture element |
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| Is used to store instructions, data, and information when they are not being used in memory |
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| Use magnetic particles to store items such as data can be reaf from or written on a disks surface |
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| s the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors so the computer can locate the data, instructions and information on the disk |
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| Is a narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk |
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| The disks storage location consist of pie-shaped sections, which break the tracks into small arcs |
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| Is a storage device that contains one or more inflexible circular platter that magnetically store data, instructions and information |
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| When a read- write head touches a platter, usually resulting in loss of data or sometimes the entire drive |
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| Is a duplicate of a file, program or disk that you can use in case the original is lost, damaged or destroyed |
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| Is a duplicate of a file, program or disk that you can use in case the original is lost, damaged or destroyed |
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| also called diskettes inexpensive protable storage medium, the most widely used floppy disk is 3.5 inches wide and typically can store up to 1.44 megabytes of data |
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| The time required to access and retrieve the data |
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