| Term | Definition |
|---|
| boot | to power up a computer |
| browser | software that allows your computer to interact |
| CD ROM | the unit that allows information to be loaded |
| cursor | the signal on the monitor screen |
| E mail | an electronic message sent from one person,s computer to another person,s computer where it is stored until read by the receiving person |
| fax | a message that is transmitted over phone lines and printed by the recipient's equipment |
| floppy disk | a small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit |
| floppy disk drive | a storage device that stores files using removable magnetic disks |
| hard drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
| hardware | Machinery and equipment (CPU, disks, tapes, modem, cables, etc.). In operation, a computer is both hardware and software. One is useless without the other. The hardware design specifies the commands it can follow, and the instructions tell it what to do. |
| internet | a computer network consisting of a worldwide network of computer networks that use the TCP/IP network protocols to facilitate data transmission and exchange |
| keyboard | holder consisting of an arrangement of hooks on which keys or locks can be hung |
| memory | an electronic memory device |
| modem | (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line |
| monitor | a piece of electronic equipment that keeps track of the operation of a system continuously and warns of trouble |
| 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 |
| online | connected and ready to receive and/or transmit data |
| 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 | a machine that prints |
| software | (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory |
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