Lesson 1
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- Information Appliance (IA)
- a device that focuses on handling a particular type of information and related task. Typical devices could be an ipod or MP3 player, a hand-held gaming console, and so on
- PDA
- Also called a palm-top computer; a small, portable type of computer
- Computer
- Electronic device that receives data, processes data, stores data, and produces a result
- Hardware
- The tangable, physical computer equiptment that can be seen and touched
- Network
- Connects one computer to other computers and peripheral devices
- Internet
- THe largest network used as a communication tool
- Sender
- Computer that sends a data transmission
- Microcomputer
- Sometimes called a personal computer; used at home or at the office by one person; can fit on top or under a desk
- Data
- Information entered into the computer to be processed that consists of text, numbers, sounds, and images
- An electronic message sent from one persons computer to another person's computer where it is stored until read by the receiving person
- Mainframe computers
- Large, powerful computers that are used for centralized storage, processing, and management of very large amounts of data
- Smart Phone
- Any electronic handheld device that fuctions as a personal digital assistant (PDA) or other information appliance
- Receiver
- Computer that recieves a data transmission
- Supercomputers
- Largest and fastest computers, capable of storing and processing tremendous volumes of data
- Notebook\Laptop computer
- Simular to a microcomputer; however, it is smaller and portable
- Software
- Intangible set of instructions that tells the computer what to do