Language of IT Unit 3 Vocabulary

a computer software package that performs a specific function directly for an end user or, in some cases, for another application

• applications software

• operating system

• page maker

a combinational digital circuit that performs arithmetic and bitwise operations on integer binary numbers

• CPU

• arithmetic logic unit

• central processing unit

1.      carried out by machines or computers without needing human control

consisting of two things or parts

• binary

• component

• control unit

a part or element of a larger whole, especially a part of a machine or vehicle

• control unit

• binary

• component

a component of a computer's central processing unit (CPU) that directs the operation of the processor

• control unit

• hard drive

• soft ware

electronic circuitry that executes instructions comprising a computer program

• the primary memory

• storage unit

• central processing unit

a recurring period of time in which certain events or phenomena occur and reach completion or repeat themselves in a regular sequence

• Deja-vu

• loop

• cycle

to convert (something, such as a coded message) into intelligible form digit: a number from 0 to 9, or a finger or toe

• decode

• encode

• code

the logic circuitry that responds to and processes the basic instructions that drive a computer

• RAM

• processor

• Arithmetic Logic Unit