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Computer hardware definitions (2022/2023) rated A Operating system ✔✔the software that supports a computer's basic functions, such as scheduling tasks, executing applications, and controlling p... eripherals Application software ✔✔Application software is a set of one or more programs designed to carry out operations for a specific application. Application software cannot run on itself but is dependent on system software to execute Pc (personal computer) ✔✔A general-purpose computer equipped with a microprocessor and designed to run especially commercial software (as a word processor or internet browser) for an individual user Mac computer ✔✔Since 2010, Apple has also offered the Magic Trackpad as a means to control Macintosh desktop computers in a way similar to laptops. Software [edit] The original Macintosh was the first successful personal computer to use a graphical user interface devoid of a command line Computer hardware ✔✔Computer hardware refers to the parts or components of a computer such as a monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, hard drive disk (HDD), system unit (graphic card, sound cards, memory, motherboard and chips), etc. all of which are physical objects that can be touched Software ✔✔The programs and other operating information used by a computer Word processor ✔✔a program or machine for storing, manipulating, and formatting text entered from a keyboard and providing a printout Spreadsheet ✔✔an electronic in which data is arranged in the rows and columns of a grid and can be manipulated and used in calculations Computer network ✔✔a computer network is a telecommunications network that allows computers to exchange data. In computer networks, networked computing devices pass data to each other along data connections Internet ✔✔the internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks that use the standard internet protocol suit (TCP/IP) to link several billion devices worldwide Intranet ✔✔a local or restricted communications network, especially a private networked created using world wide web software CPU ✔✔CPU is the abbreviation for central processing unit. Sometimes referred to simply as the central processor, but more commonly called processor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place Hard drive ✔✔a high-capacity, self-contained device containing a read-write mechanism plus one or more hard disks, insidea sealed unit. Also called hard drive disk. Computer ✔✔an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program Computer RAM ✔✔RAM (random-access memory) is a form of computer data storage. A RAM device allows data to be read and written in roughly the same amount of time regardless of the order in which data items are accessed Input device ✔✔in computing, an input device is a peripheral (piece of computer hardware equipment) used to provide data control signals to an appliance. Examples of input devices include keyboards, mouse, scanners, digital cameras and joysticks Output device ✔✔an output device is any piece of computer hardware equipment used to communicate the results of data processing carried out by an information processing system (such as a computer) which converts the electronically generated information into humanreadable form. Storage device ✔✔a piece of computer equipment on which information can be stored Open source software ✔✔open source software is software whose source code Is available for modification or enrichment by anyone Linux ✔✔an open-source operating system modeled on UNIX Web browser ✔✔a web browser is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web. A Uniform Resource Identifier (URI/URL) and may be a web page, image, video or other piece of content Computer router ✔✔a router is a networking device, commonly specialized hardware, that forwards data packets between computer networks. This creates an overlay internetwork, as a router is connected to two or more data lines from different networks USB drive ✔✔: a USB drive is a data storage device that includes flash memory with an integrated Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. USB flash drives are typically removable and rewritable, and physically much smaller than an optical disk Ethernet ✔✔a system for connecting a number of computer systems to form a local area network, with protocols to control the passing of information and to avoid simultaneous transmission by two or more systems. [Show More]

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