Computer Fundamentals

3. - a hardware device that converts digital signals generated by the computer into analog signals which can be transmitted over a telephone or cable line and transforms incoming analog signals into their digital equivalents.
4. - an abbreviation that stands for "Universal Resource Locator." It's another name for a web address, the text that you type into your internet browser when you want to go to a website.
8. - any piece of computer hardware equipment which converts information into human-readable form. It can be text, graphics, tactile, audio, and video.
9. - a software program that allows a user to locate, access, and display web pages. In common usage, a web browser is usually shortened to "browser."
10. - includes the physical, tangible parts or components of a computer, such as the CPU, monitor, keyboard, speakers, mouse, and motherboard. You can physically touch them.
12. - a piece of computer hardware equipment used to provide data and control signals to an information processing system such as a computer. Examples of input devices include keyboards, mouse, scanners, digital cameras, joysticks, and microphones.

1. - a computer system, which is used as the central repository of data and various programs that are shared by users in a network. Servers can provide various functionalities, often called "services", such as sharing data or resources among multiple clients, or performing computation for a client.
2. - a point device that performs the functions of a router and also includes the functions of a wireless access point. It is used to provide access to the Internet or a private computer network.
5. - a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computer how to work. Computer software includes computer programs, libraries and related non-executable data, such as online documentation or digital media.
6. - an output device that displays information in pictorial form.
7. - a service model in which data is maintained, managed, backed up remotely and made available to users over a network (typically the Internet). Users generally pay for their cloud data storage on a per-consumption, monthly rate.
11. - central processing unit, also called a central processor or main processor, is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic operations specified by the instructions. It is the “brain” of the computer.