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| application software | programs designed to make users more productive |
| communications device | hardware that enables computer to send and receive data |
| computer | electronic device that can accept, process and store data |
| computer literacy | knowledge and understanding of computers and their uses |
| data | unprocessed items (text, numbers, images, audio, and video) |
| desktop computer | system unit, input device, output devices fit entirely on or under the desk |
| graphical computer interface | users interact with the system unit using this visual software. |
| hardware | electric, electronic, and mechanical components of a computer |
| information | processed data that conveys meaning and is useful to people |
| input device | hardware that allows you to enter data and instrunctions into a computer |
| installing | the process of setting up software to work with a computer |
| Internet | a worldwide collection of networks |
| mainframe | large expensive and powerful computer that can handle hundreds or thousands of connected users simultaneously |
| network | a collection of computers and devices connected together via communications devices is in transmission media |
| online | when a computer is connected to a network |
| program | a series of instructions that tells the computer what to do and how to do it |
| run | to load and use an installed program |
| server | controls access to hardware, software, and other resources on a network |
| software | also called the program, consists of a series of instructions that tells the computer what to do and how to do it |
| storage device | records and/or retrieves items to and from storage media |
| storage media | CDs, DVDs, hard disks |
| system software | programs that control or or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices |
| system unit | a case that contains the electronic components of the computer that are used to process data |
| user | anyone who communicates with the computer or utilizes the information it generates |
| Web | a global library of information available to anyone connected to the Internet |
| Web page | a sing document that can contain text, graphics, audio |
| information processing cycle | input, process, output, and storage |
| memory | electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed in data needed by those instructions |
| processor | the electronic component that interprets and carries out the basic instructions that operate the computer |
