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| CPU | the "Brains" of the computer where the work is done |
| Command-Line Interface | the type of user interface in which the user types commands or press special keys on the keyboard to enter data and instructions |
| Graphic User Interface | a menu based interface known as icons |
| Hard Copy | a printed page of text or graphics |
| Hardware | the physical equipment of a computer system that you can touch |
| Impact Printers | a printer that strikes the paper in order to form images (Example: Dot Matrix Printer) |
| Keyboard | an input device that enters data with letters, numbers, symbols, and special function keys |
| Modem | computer hardware that allows information to be passed through the telephone lines |
| Monitor | the video screen of the computer |
| Mouse | a pointing device used primarily with graphical interfaces |
| Non-impact Printer | a printer that forms images without striking the paper (Example: Laser or Inkjet Printers) |
| Output | the information that leaves the computer |
| RAM | the type of memory that can be read from and written to by the processor and other devices (RAM memory is volatile) |
| ROM | a type of memory that is used to store permanent data and instructions because it is nonvolatile |
| Scanner | used like a copy machine to allow information to be input into the computer |
| Soft Copy | output viewed on the monitor |
| Random Access Memory | RAM |
| Read Only Memory | ROM |
| Central Processing Unit | CPU |
| Computer Interface | the means by which users communicate and interact with the computer |
| Icons | pictures that appear on the desktop envorionment |
| Volatile memory | the memory that loses its data when electrical power is turned off |
| Nonvolatile memory | computer memory that retains data when electrical power is turned off |
