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| Also called random access memory, consist of electronic components that temporarily store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processed data (information). |
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| Abbreviated by using KB, it equals 1,000 bytes. |
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| Abbreviated MB, equal 1 million bytes. |
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| One memory location / character. |
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| Print by striking an inked ribbon against the paper. Examples - dot-matrix. |
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| One memory location / character. |
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| Form characters or graphics by using a nozzle that sprays tiny drops of ink onto the page. |
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| They print other than striking a ribbon against paper. Examples - inkjet and lasers. |
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| High speed and quality non impact printer that employs copier-machine technology. It converts data from the computer into a beam of light that is focused on a photo conductor drum, forming the images to be printed. |
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| An output devices that visually conveys text, graphics, and video information. |
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| A display device that us packaged as a separate unit. |
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| LCD is considered to be the most popular type of flat panel monitor. It uses a liquid display crystal, similar to a digital watch. |
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| Cathode Ray Tube monitor is composed of individual picture elements called pixels. |
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| Used to store instructions, data and information when they are not being used in memory. |
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| Use magnetic particles to store items such as data, instructions, and information on a disk's surface. |
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| The process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors so the computer can locate the data, instructions, and information in the disk. |
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| A narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk. |
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| Pie shaped sections which breaks the tracks into small arcs. |
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| Also called a hard disk drive is a storage device that contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that magnetically store data, instructions, and information. |
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| When a read/write head touches a platter, usually resulting in loss of data or sometimes the entire drive. |
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| A duplicate of a file, program, or disk that you can use in case the original is lost, damaged, or destroyed. |
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| Also called diskette, are an inexpensive portable storage medium, most widely used is 3.5 inches that can store up to 1.44 MB's. |
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| A device that can read from and write on a floppy disk. |
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