| A | B |
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| Hardware | Monitor, Printer, mouse, Disk Drive, keyboard, etc. |
| CPU | Processes and directs all instructions from the software to the hardware |
| Silicon Chips | miniturized circuitry on boards plugged into the CPU |
| Output Devices | Monitor, printer, floppy disk drive |
| Input Devices | keyboard, mouse, floppy disk drive |
| Computer Program | set of binary instructions used to make the computer useful |
| Mother Board | Circuit Board |
| Hard Disk | The main storage device within a computer |
| RAM | Random Access Memory - faster, yet temporary storage |
| Video Port | outputs information to the screen |
| Data bus | wires (circuitries) that carry information between components |
| Compiler | used to translate programs to binary code; it is stored as electrical charges |
| Software | instructions to the computer to perform specific tasks |
| Floppy Disk | storage device |
