Terms

i. Analog- Continuous transmission of information to our senses, it reads bumps and grooves. An analog clock is more effective than a digital one.

ii. AC Adapter- A wall plug in that is just like something you plug into an outlet but it is a lot bigger than the normal type.

iii. Bay (computer bay)- The place in a PC where a disk drive or CD player can be put into.

iv. Bluetooth-Short range wireless communication for your cellular devices

v. Bit-The smallest unit of a computer that holds information

vi. Bus-Transfers data between different computers or other components in the

Computer

vii. Byte-Made up of several bits, a typical PC that you have at your home can run on millions of bytes

viii. Cache-Cache is a place where you can store information in your computer where then it may be easier to open

ix. Celeron- Lower class of the Pentium chips for your computer, they first started in 1998

x. Central processing unit (CPU)- The primary processing unit inside of a computer

xi. Chip-Contains components that are embedded onto a piece of metal

xii. Digital- Information that is stored using a series of different patterns of ones and zeros

xiii. Dual-core processor- Two cores on one processor and gives different instructions to the computer

xiv. Expansion slot- Motherboard that adds functionality to the computer

xv. Firmware- Firmware is a set of instructions given to that computer

xvi. Gigabyte- Hard drives are usually measured using how many gigabytes there are in a computer

xvii. Gigahertz- Gigahertz are often used for measuring the computers speed while opening a file

xviii. Megabyte- People use these to measure the large computer files

xix. Memory- Memory is just like ours computers use it to remember the things that they need to know

xx. Motherboard- The main circuit board inside a computer and controls pretty much what the computer does.

xxi. Pentium- The Pentium contained two micro core processors on it when it was in use

xxii. Port- A port is where you plug in something to the computer like a charger or an internet cord

xxiii. R.A.M- R.A.M. helps make your computer go faster and search the web faster

xxiv. R.O.M.- Contains instructions to tell the computer to fire itself up

xxv. USB port- A USB port is where you plug your USB into your computer it is usually on the right side of a laptop and on the bottom of the tower on a desktop

xxvi. Video Card- you can insert a video card into your computer to give the CPU a break and work harder