The hardware that records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media

The process of transferring items from a storage medium into memory

Contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that use magnetic particles to store data, instructions, and information

A flash memory storage device that contains its own processor to manage its storage

A removable flash memory storage device that you insert and remove from a slot in a computer, mobile device, or card reader/writer.

Types of adapter cards slots

Connects to transmission media such as cable television lines or phone lines

An expansion board that controls and produces video on the monitor

Series of instructions that tells a computers what tasks to perform and how to perform them.

The software is free (don’t need to pay)

The programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices.

Type of System Software

An operating system (OS) is a set of programs that all the _________ activities among computer or mobile device hardware.

A complete operating system that works on desktops, laptops, and some tablets.

Functions of Operating System

Example of device that can connect to USB card.

Process of restarting a computer while it remains powered on

“Human-Machine connection”. It controls how users enter data and instruction and how information is displayed on screen.

Windows automatically play the MP3 as it’s connected to computer.