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| Monitor | A video or computer display device |
| Laser Printer | A printer that uses both laser and photographic technology to produce high quality output. |
| CD-ROM | Read-Only Memory drive on which a laser has digitally recorded information such as audio, video, or computer data |
| Floppy Disk | A 3.5" portable magnetic storage medium for computer data that allows users to randomly access information. |
| Icon | A small picture or symbol respresenting a computer hardware function or component. |
| Ink-jet Printer | A type of printer that forms letters on the page by shooting tiny electrically charged droplets of ink. |
| Network | Computers that are connected so they can share printers, files, and peripherals |
| Login (user) name and password | Provide privacy and security for network users. |
| LAN | Local Area Network |
| LAN example | Daniel Boone Middle School computers |
| WAN | Wide Area Network |
| WAN examples | Daniel Boone Area School District computers or the Internet |
| OS (sometimes called the computer platform) | Operating System |
| Windows OS (common types) | Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000, XP |
| Novell | Network software used in the Daniel Boone School District |
| Computer System | A programmable machine made up of a processor, input and output devices, memory and storage components |
| Ethernet Card | a computer component that connects a workstation to a LAN and WAN |
| Keyboard and Mouse | Input devices (hardware) to put information into the computer |
| "My Computer" icon (left click mouse) | find information about where your computer is connected |
| "My Computer" icon (right click mouse) | find information about your OS |
| Stand-alone computer system | a single computer not connected to other computers to share files or printers |
| CD writer | reads CDs and burns information onto them with laser technology |
| Computer | the part of the computer that contains a motherboard with a CPU (Central Processing Unit) |
| Hardware | Components and devices attached to a computer system |
| Software | Programs and applications that control what a computer can do |
| Modem | A device that allows a single computer to dial into another computer most often to connect to the Internet |
