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| A small flat solid state storage medium frequently used to store data on cameras and handheld devices |
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| The density of the grid used to display text or graphics on a display device; the greater the horizontal and vertical density the higher the resolution |
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| A cellular phone that has a high resolution color screen a browser and the ability to run apps |
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| A small portable computer with a touch sensitive screen that can be used as a writing or drawing pad |
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| UPS (uninterruptible power supply) |
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| A battery backed device designed to provide power to a computer during blackouts brownouts or other electrical disruptions |
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| USB(universal serial bus) |
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| A high speed bus commonly used for connecting peripheral devices to computers |
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| Refers to one or more integrated circuits that contain permanent instructions that the computer uses during the boot process |
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| RAM (random access memory) |
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| Computer memory circuitry that holds data program instructions and the operating system while the computer is on |
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| Storage media that can only be read from but not recorded on |
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| The amount of data that a storage device can move from a storage medium to computer memory in one time unit such as one second |
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| A circuit board inserted into a computer to handle the display of text graphics animation and videos. Also called a video card or graphics board |
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| The configuration of a computers system unit examples include tower mini tower and cube |
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| A circuit board that is plugged into a slot on a computer motherboard to add extra functions devices or ports |
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| A measure of frequency equivalent to one billion cycles per second |
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| The segment of the data bus that transports data between RAM and peripheral devices |
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| The component of a hard disk drive on which data is stored. It is a flat rigid disk made of aluminum or glass and coated with a magnetic oxide |
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| A standard type of plug and connector for computer display devices |
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| A device that can be used to read and record data on solid stage storage devices such as flash memory cards (SD card) |
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| A set of tests used to measure computer hardware or software performance |
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| Data storage device that utilizes erasable rewritable circuitry |
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| A device that provides several auxiliary USB ports |
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| A microprocessor dedicated to rendering and display graphics on personal computers workstation and videogame consoles |
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| A menu option that appears when windows is unable to complete the boot sequence bye entering safe mode a user can gracefully shut down the computer the try to reboot it |
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