| A | B |
| DOS | Disk Operating System |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| Compatible | Share files |
| Computing Tasks | Input, Processing, Storage and Output |
| Emulator | Makes one OS perform like another |
| Input | Text, Images and Sound |
| Processing | Cashe Memory |
| Storage | SCSI and Disk Caches |
| Output | Monitor, Printer and Speakers |
| MIDI | Musical Instument Digital Interface |
| Cache Memory | On motherboard and increases processing speed |
| ASCII | 8 bit |
| Unicode | 16 bit |
| 1 byte | A |
| Images | 1-3 bytes |
| 100 pages of text or 1 photo | 1MB |
| 3 minute song | 3MB |
| Compressing | Reduces file size, increase storage space |
| Sound Card | 50,000-100,000 samples per second |
| Bit | 0 or 1 |
| Large files | Slow processor and decrease storage |
| Data | Numbers, Letters, Images or Sounds |
| 8 bits | 1 byte |
| Analog | Data continuously varies in strength |
| Digital | Date is coded in fixed values. |
| Light Dimmer | Analog |
| Computer | Digital |
| A-Z | ASCII |
| Represents more than A-Z | Unicode |
| Red, Green and Blue | Digitizing Color |
| Sound Card | Digitizing Sound |
| Made PC act like Macintosh | Windows |
| Type in commands | DOS |
| Click icon with mounse | GUI |
| OS | Mac and Windows |
| Processor | Pentium |
| File size | Varies depending on file type |
| File | document, photo or song |
| Pixel | point of color |
| Platform | OS and CPU |