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ComputerAn electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes data, and can exist in a variety of sizes and shapes.
MouseA handheld pointing device for computers, involving one or more buttons and shaped to sit under the hand.
NetworkAn interconnected system of things or people.
CPUThe brain of the computer.
MotherboardThe heart of your computer.
ModemA communication device that converts one form of a signal to another.
SoftwarePrograms that run on your computer.
KeyboardAn input device used for the entry of text, numbers and punctuation.
File serverFile/storage device used by all users on a network.
PeripheralEach separate input or output device atached to a computer system.
ROMA permanent memory chip inside a computer. Its contents connot be changed or erased.
PrinterAn output device that prints out a hardcopy of your work.
ScannerIt can copy words, pictures and graphics onto your computer.
Hard driveFound inside your computer, it stores and saves everything you put into the computer, even after you turn it off.
IconA small picture or symbol of a computer command or function.
MonitorA device producing an on-screen display. It holds the screen.
RAMA computer's temporary workplace. All the information that is stored here is lost every time you turn off the computer.
Disk driveThe part of your computer which reads programs and data from your disk.
MenuAn on-screen display listing your choices within a program.

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Creator mrsmasters
Created October 16, 2007
Group Sandcreek
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  1. Hard drive Found inside your computer, it stores and saves everything you put into the computer, even after you turn it off. - 129 misses
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