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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Hardware | (computer science) the mechanical, magnetic, electronic, and electrical components making up a computer system |
| 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 |
| Input Devices | Enables the user to input data and commands into the computer. |
| Output Devices | Devices that enable the computer to give the user the results of the processed data. |
| Processor | (computer science) the part of a computer (a microprocessor chip) that does most of the data processing |
| Random Access Memory | the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on |
| Read Only Memory | a type of memory that is used to store premanent data an instructions because it is nonvolatile |
| Gigabyte | a unit of information equal to one billion (1,073,741,824) bytes or 1024 megabytes |
| Hard Drive | computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it |
| Bit | a unit of measurement of information (from Binary + digIT) |
| Byte | a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information |
| Bandwidth | a data transmission rate |
| Upload | transfer a file or program to a central computer from a smaller computer or a computer at a remote location |
| Peripherals | An input device, output device, or secondary storage device that is not part of the central processing unit (CPU) |
| Scanner | an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer |
| Sprite | a two-dimensional image or animation that is integrated into a larger scene. |
| Operating System | (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services |
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