9th Grade Tech - Vocab Set #4

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Parts of a computer system you can touch: keyboard, mouse, monitor, hard drive, CD/DVD drive.

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Hardware

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A device connected to a computer, e.g., keyboard, mouse, monitor, printer, scanner.

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Peripheral Device

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Programs that run on a computer, e.g., Microsoft Word, CorelDraw, Windows 10.

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Software

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Part of a computer for permanent info storage (e.g., Local Disk C:, Western Digital 2TB).

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Hard Drive

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Determines the number of programs running simultaneously and their speed. Example: 12GB DDR3 [3 DIMMs]

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RAM (Random Access Memory)

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Processes instructions, performs calculations, and executes software commands. Example: Intel i7-930 Quad-Core 3.2 GHz, AMD Athlon II Quad-Core 2.2GHz

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Processor or CPU (Central Processing Unit)

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Main circuit board in a computer containing RAM, expansion slots, etc. Example: Intel G41

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Motherboard

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A card for using speakers/microphone with a computer. Examples: Integrated Sound, Creative Sound Blaster Audigy.

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Sound Card

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Expansion card for displaying images (e.g., NVIDIA GeForce, ATI Radeon)

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Video Card

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Borrowing memory from the hard drive to increase RAM.

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Virtual Memory