Lesson 2
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findNIQUE_ on February 16, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 audio input | To enter any sound, such as speech, music, and sound effects, into a computer |
| biometrics | the identification of a user based on a physical characteristic, such as a fingerprint, iris, face, voice, or handwriting |
| digital camera | A camera that images rather than recording on film. Once a picture has been taken, it can be downloaded to a computer and then manipulated and printed. |
| expansion slot | (computer) a socket in a microcomputer that will accept a plug-in circuit board |
| FireWire | high-speed serial technology for connecting peripherals to a computer; particularly popular for multimedia peripherals such as digital video camcorders and other high-speed devices like hard disk drives and printers |
| inkjet printer | type of printer that produces images by forcing ink through a tiny nozzle on to the paper; also called ink dispersion printing technology. Most inkjets are not high volume printer so they can't be networked. |
| input | enter (data or a program) into a computer |
| keyboard | an input device that enters data with letters, numbers, symbols, and special function keys. |
| laser printer | electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatically |
| modem | computer hardware that allows information to be passed through the telephone lines. |
| monitor | display consisting of a device that takes signals from a computer and displays them on a CRT screen |
| mouse | a hand-operated electronic device that controls the coordinates of a cursor on your computer screen as you move it around on a pad |
| output | Getting information/data out of the computer |
| plug-and-play | technology that allows a hardware component to be attached to a computer so that it is automatically configured by the operating system, without user intervention |
| pointing device | an input device that allows a user to control a pointer on the screen |
| port | (computer science) computer circuit consisting of the hardware and associated circuitry that links one device with another (especially a computer and a hard disk drive or other peripherals) |
| printer | (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing |
| scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
| trackball | an electronic device consisting of a rotatable ball in a housing |
| usb | Universal serial bus port - allows you to connect different pieces of equipment to the computer |
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