Computer Concepts Unit A
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- byte
- 8 bits
- keyboard
- The primary input device for most computers
- output
- Consists of the processing results produced by a computer
- hyperlink
- On a web page connects you to a related document or media file
- cable
- Modem changes a computers signals in order to transfer them over TV links
- LAN
- A network in a limited geographical area
- URL
- Every Web page has a unique address
- modem
- Converts a computers digital signals in order to transmit them over phone lines
- tag
- An HTML is a code that tells a browser how to display information on a Web page
- data
- Refers to the symbols a computer uses to represent facts, objects, and ideas
- executable
- file gives the computer instructions to complete a task
- home
- A browsers page is the Web page that appears every time you start the browser
- Windows
- Most widely used PC operating system in Microsoft
- password
- series of characters used to verify a user ID in order to access information
- network card
- can be built into a PC and is used to establish an Internet connection
- outbox
- E-mail messages that you have written but not sent are held in your
- super computer
- Is one of the fastest computers in the world at the time of its construction
- tablet
- Computer is a portable computer with a touch-sensitive screen
- operating
- system controlls all of the activities on a computer