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- 6. disk drive compact disc read-only memory in Technology Expand. storage. (CD-ROM) A non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive
- 8. video disk drive dvd
- 9. a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad; on the bottom of the device is a ball that rolls on the surface of the pad; "a mouse takes much more room than a trackball'
- 10. The programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation
- 12. Computers A computer and the associated physical equipment directly involved in the performance of data-processing or communications functions
- 13. a panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter
- 14. Of or relating to recorded, transmitted, or reproduced sound
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- 1. disk drive hardware device that reads data storage information. It was invented in 1967 by a team at IBM and was one of the first types of hardware storage that could read/write a portable device. FDDs are used for reading and writing on removable floppy discs
- 2. board a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted
- 3. video display or speaker used in a production studio to check audio or video quality
- 4. a thin metal sheet enclosure that houses the motherboard,
- 5. disk drive the mechanism that controls the positioning, reading, and writing of the hard disk, which furnishes the largest amount of data storage for the PC.
- 7. supply an electronic device that supplies electric energy to an electrical load
- 11. system Software designed to control the hardware of a specific data-processing system in order to allow users and application programs to make use of it.