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- 6. a hardware device used to put information into or get information out of a computer. A mouse, keyboard, and monitor are examples of peripherals
- 9. a personal computer, typically used to indicate a non-Mac® computer
- 11. a printed circuit board that contains the principal components of a computer with connectors for other circuit boards to be attached
- 13. a computer program designed for a specific task or use. Microsoft© Word© is a word processing application
- 14. also called a hard drive, a piece of hardware in a computer that stores data such as programs and user-created files. This particular hadware consists of a spinning platter and an actuator arm
- 15. a storage space, or container, where many files can be placed into groups and organize the computer
- 18. a unit of measure equal to 1,099,511,627,776 bytes, or 1,024 gigabytes
- 19. a type of computer program that allows a piece of hardware to work
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- 1. a unit of measure equal to 1,024 bytes.
- 2. a set of instructions that a computer uses to perform a particular operation. Microsoft Word is a word processing program
- 3. a general term for programs and the operating system for computers
- 4. a unit of measure equal to 1,048,576 bytes.
- 5. a type of malicious software that, when executed, replicates itself by modifying other computer programs and inserting its own code
- 7. Universal Serial Bus, an industry standard connection common in computers for connecting peripherals
- 8. software that is intended to damage or disable the data on a computer.
- 10. a modular printing system for Unix-like computer operating systems which allows a computer to act as a print server
- 12. The physical machinery and devices that make up a computer system
- 15. a resource for recording data on a computer storage device, primarily identified by its filename
- 16. a software program that enables a specific hardware device to work with a computer's operating system. Most printers require a specific driver to be installed on your computer
- 17. Dynamic Random Access Memory, a type of computer memory that stores each bit of data on a separate capacitor. This is the most common kind of computer memory
