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  1. 6. A display screen used to provide visual output from acomputer, cable box, video camera, VCR or other video generating device. Computer monitors use CRT and LCD technology, while TV monitors use CRT, LCD and plasma technologies. See analog monitor, digital monitor and flat panel display
  2. 7. processor core is a processing unit which reads in instructions to perform specific actions. Instructions are chained together so that, when run in real time, they make up your computer experience. Literally everything you do on your computer has to be processed by your processor
  3. 8. hardware is the collection of physical parts of acomputer system. This includes the computer case, monitor, keyboard, and mouse. It also includes all the parts inside thecomputer case, such as the hard disk drive, motherboard, video card, and many others. Computer hardware is what you can physically touch
  4. 10. Card:An expansion card is an electronic card/board that is used to add extra functionality to a computer. It is inserted into an expansion slot on the motherboard of acomputer. ... For example, video graphics cards are used to enhance the video quality on a computer
  5. 13. Drive:The primary computer storage device, which spins, reads and writes one or more fixed disk platters. The terms "hard drive" and "hard disk" are synonymous; however, a "drive" technically refers to the entire unit that holds one or more "disk" platters
  6. 15. for Universal Serial Bus, an external bus standard that supports data transfer rates of 12 Mbps. A single USB port can be used to connect up to 127 peripheral devices, such as mice, modems, and keyboards
  7. 16. (pronounced ramm) is an acronym for random access memory, a type of computer memory that can be accessed randomly; that is, any byte of memory can be accessed without touching the preceding bytes. RAM is the most common type of memory found in computers and other devices, such as printers
  8. 17. small piece of semiconducting material (usually silicon) on which an integrated circuit is embedded. A typical chip is less than ��-square inches and can contain millions of electronic components (transistors). Computers consist of many chipsplaced on electronic boards called printed circuit boards
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  1. 1. Card:A video card connects to the motherboard of a computer system and generates output images to display. Video cards are also referred to asgraphics cards. Video cards include a processing unit, memory, a cooling mechanism and connections to a display device
  2. 2. for Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc, a DVD or DVD-ROM is a disc capable of storing large amounts of data on one disc the size of a standard Compact Disc. CD/DVD drives were first sold in 1997. ... To play DVDs on a computer, you must have a DVD drive and a software DVD player
  3. 3. computing, a computer keyboard is a typewriter-style device which uses an arrangement of buttons or keys to act as a mechanical lever or electronic switch. Following the decline of punch cards and paper tape, interaction via teleprinter-style keyboards became the main input device for computers
  4. 4. computer mouse is an input device that is most often used with a personal computer. Moving a mouse along a flat surface can move the on-screen cursor to different items on the screen. Items can be moved or selected by pressing the mouse buttons (called clicking
  5. 5. Case:A computer case, also known as a computer chassis, tower, system unit, cabinet, base unit, or simply case, is the enclosure that contains most of the components of a computer (usually excluding the display, keyboard and mouse
  6. 7. Drive: An optical disc drive that reads and writes all common CD and DVD formats. All modern optical drives that come with personalcomputers are CD/DVD drives. See DVD writer, CD-ROM drives and DVD drives. Glaring Mistakes That Ended Up in the Final Film
  7. 9. motherboard is one of the most essential parts of a computer system. It holds together many of the crucial components of acomputer, including the central processing unit (CPU), memory and connectors for input and output devices
  8. 11. Supply:A power supply is an internal hardware component that supplies components in a computer with power. The power supply converts a 110-115 or 220-230 volt alternating current (AC) into a steady low-voltage direct current (DC) usable by the computer and rated by the number of watts it generates
  9. 12. computer network is a set of computers connected together for the purpose of sharing resources. The most common resource shared today is connection to the Internet. Other shared resources can include a printer or a file server
  10. 14. (pronounced as separate letters) is the abbreviation for central processing unit. Sometimes referred to simply as the central processor, but more commonly called processor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place