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Storage Vocabulary

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Primary
Is stored on chips located on the motherboard.
Secondary
Memory is stored in the hard drive.
Floppy disk
holds 1.44 MB of storage.
Magnetism and Electricity
The process of reading and writing to a hard or floppy disk is done with electrcity or magnetism
CD
It usually stores about 650 MB.
Pits and Lands
CDs use pits and lands to store data on the disk's surface.
Magnets
Always keep magnets away from computers and floppy disks because they can erase information.
Data
The purpose of storage in a computer is to hold data or information.
Rpm
Hard drives spin at 3600 or more rpm.
DVD
A DVD holds even more information than a CD.
Programs
A program is a set of instructions that tells the computer how to perform a specific task.
Translators
Programs are like translators that allow people to work without learning the computer's language.
Programming
Using bits and bites in different combinations to represent a code is known as programming
Installing
Copying a program onto y our computer's hard drive from another source is known as installing the program
Programmers
People who write codes to create programs are known as computer programmers.
Basic and Pascal
Two examples of programming languages are basic and pascal.
Downloaded
Some programs can be downloaded from the internet directly to your hard drive.
Word Processing
If you wanted to write a letter, you would use a word processing type of program.
Entertainment
Computer games are entertainment programs.
Desktop Publishing
You would use a desktop publishing program to create a birthday card.
Monitor
A component as a CRT with a screen for viewing data at a computer terminal.
Keyboard
an input device that enters data with letters, numbers, symbols, and special function keys.
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.
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
Scanner
an electronic device that generates a digital representation of an image for data input to a computer
Speaker
electro-acoustic transducer that converts electrical signals into sounds loud enough to be heard at a distance
Printer
(computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processing
Input Device
a device that can be used to insert data into a computer or other computational device
Output Device
a device that allows the user to see or hear the information the computer compiles
Modem
Communications hardware device that facilitates the transmission of data.
BIOS
Basic Input Output System
CPU
Central Processing Unit
ROM
Read Only Memory
Hard Drive
computer hardware that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information on it
RAM
the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on
Motherboard
a circuit board that contains all of the computer system's main components
Video Card
A computer expansion card that takes graphical data from the computer and converts it to a signal that can be transmited to a monitor over a wire or cable.
Port
transfer data from one computer to another via a cable that links connecting ports
Power Supply
converts AC power from the wall outlet into the lower voltages of DC power required to power all components of the computer
Sound Card
an expansion board that enables a computer to manipulate and output sounds
Floppy disk drive
a storage device that stores files using removable magnetic disks
Bit
the cutting part of a drill
Byte
a sequence of 8 bits (enough to represent one character of alphanumeric data) processed as a single unit of information
1 KB
1,000 bytes
1 MB
1,000,000 bytes
1 GB
1,000,000,000 bytes
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