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- 2. Cell phones with computer functionality built in, including e-mail, Web browsing, and other capacities.
- 4. The part of a computer that contains the main working components of the system, including the RAM (random-access memory), the motherboard, and the computer’s processor.
- 5. The simplest level of computer information; a bit can have the value of 0 or 1.
- 6. The ability of a computer operating system to have multiple applications running at the same time and to allow users to switch back and forth among them.
- 8. A device that provides visual display of computer applications; monitors are typically flat-panel devices, which use LCD technology.
- 10. The “network of all networks”; a worldwide computer network, first used in 1969, that has revolutionized communications and information exchange.
- 12. The computer operating system used for most PC workstations; a Microsoft product.
- 15. A computer application used to compile budget and other statistical information in spreadsheet form.
- 17. A variety of computer hardware items that have specific functions or capabilities (e.g., printers and scanners).
- 18. The starting process of a computer in which the computer determines whether its components are in working order and starts its operating system running.
- 19. The location of interaction between a user and a computer operating system, a library database, or anything else created or accessed using a computer; the interface is what displays on the screen as we use an application and controls how we can influence the application through keyboard or mouse commands.
- 20. A computer peripheral device that copies physical items (e.g., periodical articles and photographs) into digital form; the process requires that the device be connected to a computer and that the computer has scanning software installed on it.
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- 1. An open source computer operating system developed with networking in mind.
- 3. general term for a piece of software or a program that can be used on a computer (e.g., word-processing applications or Internet applications); often abbreviated as “app” for use in mobile devices.
- 7. Programs or applications that make computers do what we want them to do; examples include operating systems, word processors, and Internet browsers.
- 9. Small graphical images that are used in computer operating systems and on the Web as links to applications or documents.
- 11. An Internet application that allows users to view websites (e.g., Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Microsoft Edge).
- 13. The physical devices that make up or can be used with a computer workstation (e.g., CPU, monitor, keyboard, printer, and scanner).
- 14. A term for a personal computer that consists of a CPU, monitor, input devices, and peripherals. The size of the computer typically means that it needs to sit on a desktop, hence the name.
- 16. One million bytes; equivalent to 200 to 300 pages of text.