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| The process of inputting sound into the computer, including speech, sound effects, & music. |
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| The measurement and recognition of biological characteristics such as fingerprints, voice, eye patterns, etc.). |
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| A camera that takes pictures without film, and records the images in digital form. The camera stores the snapshots in its memory for transfer to a computer. |
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| A socket on the motherboard for plugging in an expansion card. The more expansion slots a computer has, the more features can be added. |
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| A type of external bus that can connect up to 63 external devices. |
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| A printer in which the image is made by tiny ink droplets which are sprayed from a nozzle onto a piece of paper. Inkjet printers can produce high-resolution color or black and white images |
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| (I/O). Transfer of data into a computer, and from the computer to the outside world. |
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| A set of keys for computer input, which resembles a typewriter keyboard, but with a few extra keys for computer commands and usually a numeric keypad added. |
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| A high-speed, non-impact printer that uses a laser beam to form images on a page. Laser printers work like photocopiers to produce high-resolution, high-quality printouts. |
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| A simple analog data communications device for transmitting data over a POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service) line. |
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| A device that displays text and graphics generated by a computer. |
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| A pointing device that is used to move a cursor on the computer screen, and make various operations possible such as typing, drawing, editing text and graphics, opening and closing files, and giving other commands. |
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| Information that comes out of the computer; for example, a picture on the screen, a printed page, sound coming from the speakers, files printed to disk or sent over a communications line |
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| A capability developed by Microsoft for its Windows 95 and later operating systems that gives users the ability to plug a device into a computer and have the computer recognize that the device is there. |
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| An input device that is used to move the pointer on the computer screen. |
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| A socket at the back of a computer used to plug in external devices such as a modem, mouse, scanner, or printer. |
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| A printer is an essential part of the computer if you want a hard copy of your work. |
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| An input device that reads images or text and converts the data into digital signals. |
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| A pointing device that you might use as an alternative to a mouse. |
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| Universal Serial Bus (USB) |
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| A personal computer bus, compatible with recently-developed Intel chips, that works at 12 Mbps and can link up to 127 peripherals in a daisy chain. |
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