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| Boot Process | Bootstrapping is the process of starting up a computer from a halted or powered-down condition |
| Input | Information that is created or collected and fed into the system |
| Base 2 binary code | A numbering system with only two digits |
| Data | Facts used by a computer |
| Information | Processed, stored or transmitted data |
| Output | Useful information that leaves the system; i.e. processed information |
| Storage Devices | Used to keep data when the power to the computer is turned off. |
| Circuits | The path from one component of a computer to another that data uses to travel. |
| RAM | The ability of a storage device to go directly to a specific storage location without having to search sequentially from a beginning location. Randam Access Memory |
| Pentium | Name of the CPU; 5th generation of the Intel processor. |
| Silicon chips | Melted sand; what the circuits are embedded into to keep them together. |
| Bit | Each 0 or 1. |
| ROM | Drives can read data from disks, but cannot sotre new data on them. Read Only Memory |
| Kilobyte | Approximately 1,000 bytes of memory. |
| Terabyte | Approximately 1 trillion bytes. |
| Megabyte | Approximately 1 million bytes. |
| Gigabyte | Approximately 1 billion bytes. |
| Hertz | A measurement used to describe the speed of the system clock in a computer. |
| Byte | 8 bits |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
