IT Vocabulary

You use a barcode reader ...

• in a bank.

• at a supermarket checkout.

• for sightseeing.

You can usually work with a mainframe computer

• in a tourist office.

• at the headquarters of a large company.

• outside a bank.

There's a magnetic strip...

• on the table.

• in my tea.

• on the back of a credit/bank card.

A laptop computer with a screen you can write on is called a

• tablet PC.

• table PC.

• flat screen computer.

An image on a computer screen is made up of thousands of

• points.

• pixels.

• bits.

You can draw directly onto a computer screen with a

• light pen.

• pixel pen.

• bright pen.

A camera connected directly to the internet is called

• a web watcher.

• an internet camera.

• a webcam.

The brain of the computer is the

• memory card.

• processor.

• hard disk drive.

If a processor is dual core it means that

• it is built in the CD drive.

• the processor has double cores.

• there are two processors working together.

The speed of the processor is measured in

• megahertz.

• megabytes.

• kilometers.