Computer Parts Test flash cards

Set: Computer Parts Test

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	Term	Definition
	Computer	An electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes data, and can exist in a variety of sizes and shapes.
	Mouse	A handheld pointing device for computers, involving one or more buttons and shaped to sit under the hand.
	Network	An interconnected system of things or people.
	CPU	The brain of the computer.
	Motherboard	The heart of your computer.
	Modem	A communication device that converts one form of a signal to another.
	Software	Programs that run on your computer.
	Keyboard	An input device used for the entry of text, numbers and punctuation.
	File server	File/storage device used by all users on a network.
	Peripheral	Each separate input or output device atached to a computer system.
	ROM	A permanent memory chip inside a computer. Its contents connot be changed or erased.
	Printer	An output device that prints out a hardcopy of your work.
	Scanner	It can copy words, pictures and graphics onto your computer.
	Hard drive	Found inside your computer, it stores and saves everything you put into the computer, even after you turn it off.
	Icon	A small picture or symbol of a computer command or function.
	Monitor	A device producing an on-screen display. It holds the screen.
	RAM	A computer's temporary workplace. All the information that is stored here is lost every time you turn off the computer.
	Disk drive	The part of your computer which reads programs and data from your disk.
	Menu	An on-screen display listing your choices within a program.

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