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| Also called random access memory, or RAM consists 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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| Equals approximately 1,000 memory locations |
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| Equals approximately one million memory locations. |
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| Equals approximately on billion memory locations |
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| Usually stores one character such as the letter A |
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| Memory consists of chips on a memory module that fits in a slot on the motherboard in the system unit |
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| Prints by striking an inked ribbon against the paper, one type of impact printer used with personal computers is the dot-matrix printer. |
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| such as ink-jet printers and laser printers, form characters by means other than striking a ribbon against paper. Ink drop printers forms a character or graphic by using a nozzle that sprays tiny drops of ink onto the page. Laser printer is a high speed, high quality nonimpact 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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| Number of pages per minute |
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| Is an output device that visually conveys text, graphics, and video information. |
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| A display device that is packaged as a separate unit. Two basic types of monitors are the flat panel monitor and CRT. The LCD monitor, the most popular type of flat panel monitor, uses a liquid display crystal, similar to a digital watch to produce images on the screen. And The CRT (Cathode ray tube) monitor, the surface of the screen of either a CRT monitor or LCD monitor is composed of individual picture elements called pixels. |
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| The LCD monitor, the most popular type of flat panel monitor, uses a liquid display crystal, similar to a digital watch to produce images on the screen. |
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| And The CRT (Cathode ray tube) monitor, the surface of the screen of either a CRT monitor or LCD monitor is composed of individual picture elements called pixels. |
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| Individual Picture elements |
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| This is used to store instructions, data, and information when they are not being used in memory. Four common types of storage devices, sometimes called storage media, are magnetic disks, optical discs, tape, and miniature mobile. |
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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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| Is the process of dividing the disk into tracks and sectors, so the computer can locate the data, instructions, and information on the disk. |
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| Is a narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk |
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| The disk`s storage locations consist of pie -shaped sections that break the tracks into small arcs called sectors. |
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| Means you can remove the medium from one computer and carry it to another computer. |
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| A hard disk, 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 touchs a platter, usually resulting in a 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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| Another older form of magnetic storage is the floppy disk, or diskette, an inexpensive portable storage medium |
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| A device that can read from and write on a floppy disk, floppy disk drives are either built into the system unit or are external to the system unit and connected to the computer via a cable |
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