| A | B |
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| Scanner | An INPUT devices that sends images to the monitor |
| Trackball | An INPUT device that sends signals to the computer |
| Printer | An OUTPUT device that sends data from the computer |
| Monitor | An OUTPUT device that sends a graphical image from the computers memory |
| Keyboard | An INPUT Device that sends signals to the computers |
| Data Production Act | Personal Details to be correct, upto date, accessible, amendable |
| RAM | Random Access Memory, volatile, temporary storage, contents disappear when computer switched off |
| ROM | Read Only Memory, non volitile, informations stays intact when computer swiched off |
| Hardware | Parts of the computer you can touch |
| Software | Software is the programs that run on the computer |
| Hardware Examples | Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor |
| Software Examples | Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Works, Outlook Express |
| Computers in everyday life | Bank, Library, Doctors, Supermarket |
| Software Development Stages | Planning, Design, Implementation, Testing |
| GUI | Graphics User Interface, A user interface based on graphics icons and pictures and menus instead of text; uses a mouse as well as a keyboard as an input device |
