| A | B |
|---|
| laptop | a small, portable computer |
| desktop | traditional computer, uses many parts and is too big to carry around |
| processor | "brain" of the computer, interprets and executes program instructions |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| RAM | temporary memory - data must be stored here while being used by programs; "table" |
| hard drive | long term storage; "filing cabinet" |
| video card - graphics card | generates a feed of output images to a display- also called graphics accelerators, can speed up both 2D and 3D graphics rendering |
| sound card | A device that can be slotted into a computer to allow the use of audio components for multimedia applications. |
| ROM | permanent memory not accessible to the user |
| "the cloud" | external storage; refers to online storage space |
| network storage | external storage; hard drive storage on another computer that your computer can access |
| terabyte - TB | measure of computer data; 1024 Gigabytes (GB) |
