Computer Terms by Jacob Padgett

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  1. 2. 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. 5. a panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter
  3. 7. The programs, routines, and symbolic languages that control the functioning of the hardware and direct its operation
  4. 8. video disk drive dvd
  5. 9. 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
  6. 10. 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
  7. 11. Of or relating to recorded, transmitted, or reproduced sound
  8. 12. Motherboard the main circut in a pc
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  1. 1. 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.
  2. 3. 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.
  3. 4. Computers A computer and the associated physical equipment directly involved in the performance of data-processing or communications functions
  4. 6. video display or speaker used in a production studio to check audio or video quality
  5. 10. 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'
  6. 12. a thin metal sheet enclosure that houses the motherboard,