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| TWO STATE (BINARY) CONDITION WHIERE (1) IS FOR "ON" AND (0) IS FOR "OFF" - AKA BInary digiT. |
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| A STRING OF BITS REPRESENTING A NUMBER, CHARACTER OR SYMBOL. |
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| CPU (CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT) |
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| HEART OF COMPUTER SYSTEM CONTAINING CONTROL UNIT AND ARITHMETIC/LOGIC UNIT. |
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| NECESSARY COMMUNICATION LINK - CONTROLS DATA FLOW BETWEEN PRIMARY STORAGE IN THE PROCESSOR AND THE STORAGE DEVICE. |
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| USE OPTICAL DISK TECHNOLOGY AND UBCKYDE RANDOM ACCESS MEMORY (CD-ROM) |
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| GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE (GUI) |
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| ALLOWS USER TO POINT & CLICK / POINT & DRAG ICONS OR BUTTONS TO ACTIVATE SOFTWARE FUNCTIONS. |
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| FIXED, NON-REMOVABLE MAGNETIC DISK USED FOR STORAGE. CAPACITY RANGES FORM 20 GB - 250 GB. |
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| COMBINATION OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE THAT MAKES INPUT EASIER. |
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| SECONDARY STORAGE PERIPHERAL,REMOVABLE FROM DISK DRIVE - MAKES DATA PORTABLE TO ANY OTHER COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT. |
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| PROCESSING SPEEDS > 1 TRILLION INSTRUCTIONS PER SECOND, STORAGE IN GIGABYTES, CAN SUPPORT THOUSANDS OF ONLINE COMPUTERS THROUGH LARGE NETWORKS. |
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| DIGITAL COMPUTER THAT USES AN INTERNAL STORAGE CHIP, AN INPUT/OUTPUT CHIP, AND OTHERS AS REQUIRED. |
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| INCLUDES CONTROL UNIT AND ARITHMETIC LOGIC UNIT MOUNTED ON A SINGLE SILICON CHIP. |
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| LESS POWERFUL THAN A MAINFRAME. TWO TYPES ARE MINICOMPUTERS AND SERVERS. |
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| AN OUTPUT DEVICE MAKING INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO USERS. |
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| USES A LASER BEAM OF LIGHT TO STORE AND READ DATA. |
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| PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEM |
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| VISUAL SYSTEM THAT REQUIRES A CAMERA TO BE COMPUTER'S EYES. |
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| PERSONAL DIGITAL ASSISTANT (PDA) |
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| HAND-HELD DEVICE WITH PEN-BASED WRITING RECOGNITION TO SEND AND RECEIVE E-MAILS. |
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| REQUIRES USED TO PHYSICALLY MOVE ENTIRE MOUSE ON PAD OR DESKTOP, THUS MOVING CURSON ON THE SCREEN. |
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| CONNECTION POINT BETWEEN WHERE PERIPHERAL COMMUNICATION LINE IS CONNECTED. |
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| SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY CHIPS ARE SILICON CHIPS CONSISTING OF INTEGRATED CIRCUITS MADE OF MILLIONS OF TINY TRANSISTORS AND DIVIDED INTO ROM - RAM AND CACHE MEMORY. |
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| TEMPORARILY AVAILABLE FOR PROCESSING BUSINESS DATA ACCORDING TO SOFTWARE INSTRUCTIONS. |
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| NON-VOLATILE MEMORY WHERE CRITICAL SYSTEM INSTRUCTIONS FOR STARTING THE COMPUTER ARE PERMANENTLY STORED. |
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| RISC (REDUCED INSTRUCTION SET COMPUTING) |
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| ENHANCED SPEED OF MICROPRESSORS BY EMBEDDING MOST FREQUENTLY USED INSTRUCTIONS ON A CHIP. |
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