| A | B |
| mainframe | a large computer typically used by major companies and universities |
| network | a group of computers that are linked to shared resources |
| hardware | the physical computing machine and its supporting devices |
| software | programs that make the computer do something |
| bus | a group of wires imprinted on a circut board to facilitate communication between components of a computer |
| machine language | the language a computer speaks (100101101) |
| assembly language | a low level language where words and numbers are turned into a binary equivalent |
| high level language | any programing language that uses words and symbols to make it easily writened and read |