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| is a portable storage medium that consists of a flat, round, portable disc made of metal, plastic, and lacquer that is written and read by a laser.(CD-ROM,CD-R) |
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| CD-ROM(compact disc read-only memory) |
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| is a type of optical disc that users can read but not write on (record) or erase-hence the name read only. Holds from 650 MB to 1 GB of data, instructions, and information. |
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| to read a CD-ROM insert the disc in a CD-Rom drive or CD-ROM player |
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| is an optical disc onto which you can record your own items such as text, graphics, and audio. |
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| is an erasable optical disc you can write on multiple times. |
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| (digital versatile disk-read only memory)is a very high- capacity optical disc capable of storing from 4.7 GB- more than enough to hold a telephone book containing every resident in the United States. |
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| DVD-R and DVD+R are competing DVD-recordable formats, each with up to 4.7 GB storage capacity. |
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| Blu-ray(BD-ROM) and HD DVD are more newer and more expensive. They have higher quality and more capacity than standard DVDs. |
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| DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD+RAM are competing DVD formats, each with storage capacities up to 4.7 GB per slide, that allow users to erase and write (record) many times. |
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| magnetically coated ribbon of plastic housed in a tape cartridge capable of storing large amounts of data and information at a low cost. |
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| Miniature mobile storage media |
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| rewriteable media usually in the form of a flash memory card, USB flash drive, or a smart card. |
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| Flash memory cards- solid |
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| state media, which means they consist entirely if electronics(chips, wires, ect.) and contain no moving parts |
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| USB flash drive-sometimes called a pen drive or thumb drive, is a flash memory storage device that plugs into a USB port on a computer or mobile device. |
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| similar in size to a credit card or ATM card, stores data on a thin microprocessor embedded in the card. |
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| a hardware component that enables a computer to send(transmit) and receive data, instructions, and information to and from one or more computers. |
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| such as telephone lines, cables, cellular radio, networks, and satellites. |
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| programs to control the operations of computer equipment |
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| tells the computer how to perform the functions of loading, storing, and executing an application program and how to transfer data. |
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| when a computer is turned on, the operating system is loaded into the computers memory from auxiliary storage |
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| Graphical user interface(GUI) |
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| provides visual cues such as icon symbols to help the user. |
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| programs designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks. |
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| used to create, edit, format, and print documents |
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| Electronic spreadsheet software |
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| allows the user to add, subtract, and perform user-defined calculations on rows and columns of numbers |
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| allows the user to enter, retrieve, and update data in an organized and efficient manner |
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| Presentation graphics software allows the user to create slides for use in a presentation to a group. |
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| a collection of computers and devices connected together, often wirelessly, via communication devices and transmission |
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| when a computer connects to a network |
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| a network that connects computers in a limited geographic area, such as a school computer laboratory, office, or group of buildings |
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| A network that covers a large geographical area, such as one that connects the district offices of a national corporation. |
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| A worldwide collection of networks that connects millions of businesses, government agencies, educational institutions, and individuals. |
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| ISP(Internet service provide) |
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| Is an organization, such as a cable company or telephone company, that supplies connections to the Internet for a monthly fee. |
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| Online service provider(OSP) |
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| Provides access to the internet, but it also provides a variety of other specialized content and services such as news, weather, financial data, email, games and more. |
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| Wireless Internet service provider(WISP) |
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| Is a company that provides wireless Internet access to computers and mobile devices such as smart phones and PDA's |
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| Billions of documents called web pages |
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| Contains text, graphics, audio, and video, and has built-in connections, or links, to other web documents |
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| A related collection of web pages. |
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| Visitors to a web site access and view Web pages using this software |
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| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) |
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| A website has a unique address |
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