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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW
ABOUT COMPUTERS AND HOW THEY WORK
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Computer Science
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02/07/2006

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COMPUTER
Definition
MACHINE USED FOR CALCULATING INSTRUCTIONS
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PC
Definition
TERM USED BY IBM TO NAME THEIR FIRST COMPUTERS FOR PERSONAL USE, AT HOME INSTEAD OF AT WORK
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CPU
Definition
LARGE CENTRAL SILICON CHIP USED TO PROCESS INFORMATION
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ROM
Definition
READ ONLY MEMORY, UNCHANGEABLE INFORMATION STORED IN VARIOUS FORMATS
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RAM
Definition
RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY, BANK OF CHIPS ON A CARD FOR STORING RANDOMLY USED INFORMATION
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BIT
Definition
ONE BIT OF INFORMATION
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BYTE
Definition
EIGHT BIT'S OF INFORMATION
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KB-KILOBYTE
Definition
1024 BYTES IF INFORMATION
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MB-MEGABYTE
Definition
1024 KILOBYTES OF INFORMATION
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GB-GIGABYTE
Definition
1024 MEGABYTES OF INFORMATION
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TERABYTE
Definition
1024 GIGABYTES OF INFORMATION
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3.5" FLOPPY DISK
Definition
STORAGE DEVICE MADE OF A THIN FERROUS OXIDE DISK IN A 3.5" STIFF SQUARE HOUSING, USUALLY FORMATTED TO HOLD FROM 400kb TO 1.44 MB'S OF INFORMATION
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5.25" FLOPPY DISK
Definition
STORAGE DEVICE MADE OF A THIN FERROUS OXIDE DISK IN A 5.25" FLOPPY SQUARE HOUSING CAPABLE OF STORING BETWEEN 100K and 1.2MB OF INFORMATION
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8" FLOPPY DISK
Definition
INVENTED BY IBM IN THE LATE 1960'S FOR STORING INFORMATION
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