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| Monitor | The display device on a computer which includes the screen and the housing of electrical components. |
| Mouse | Apointing device that serves as a faster more effective alternative to the keyboard in communicating instructions to the computer. |
| Output | Data that has been processed into a useful format. |
| Plug and Play | Technology that allows a hardware component to be attached to a computer so that it is automatically configured by the operating system without the user intervention. |
| Pointing Device | Device such as mouse or trackball that allows the user to select objects on the screen. |
| Port | An interface to which a peripheral device attaches to or communicates with the system unit. |
| Printer | A device that produces a paper or hard copy of the processing results. |
| Scanner | An input device that can change images into codes for input to the computer. |
| Trackball | A pointing device that works like a mouse turned upside down, the ball is on top of the device. |
| Universal Serial Bus (USB) | Standard for computer ports that support data transfer rates of up to 12 million bits per second. |
