BY: Shiyanth Sritharan

Survival Vocabulary

Term
Software

Definition
Anything that is not hardware but is used with it ex. Microsoft word uses the CPU. Physical objects that are not software but work with software.

Student Definition
Programs on your computer like Microsoft Word are all software Hardware is objects that are physical. You can touch them like the motherboard but you would have to open your computer up. Like a virus in the human body attempts to damage parts of the body.

Hardware

Virus

Worm

Trojan Horse

LAN WAM MAN Interface

A worm can do everything a virus can do but it can act without the users input. Meaning that while you are playing a game, your pirated Microsoft Word is damaging your hardrive. A Trojan horse is a A Trojan horse is a program that acts like program that acts like something else say a video something else say a video game but will actually game but will actually damage your computer. damage your computer. Local area network short Local area network short range like Bluetooth range like Bluetooth Wide are network range Wide are network range like cities (longest range) like cities (longest range) Metropolitan area Metropolitan area network medium range network medium range network large companies. network large companies. Common boundary where A place where direct contact between information, energy two different cultures, and/or materials are devices, entities, exchanged between the environments, systems, two parties. etc. occurs, and where

Attaches itself on a program or file enabling it to spread from computer to computer. Damages hardware, software or files. A worm can do everything a virus can do but it can act without the users input

BY: Shiyanth Sritharan energy, information, and/or material is exchanged. Devices where Devices where information from the information from the computer is put into the computer is put into the device to create device to create something. Ex.printer something. Ex.printer These devices allow the Devices that can be user to input information inputted into the into the computer making computer like a keyboard more features accessible. or a mouse. The place where all the It is like the bones of the basic circuitry of the computer it holds computer is placed. everything together. The main processor of the The brain of the computer. It instructs the computer other sections of the computer to perform its task. Short-term memory to Short term memory like usually for multi-tasking being told something but or doing things forgetting about it after. simultaneously. A classic configuration in The regular keyboard which the top row of letter configuration spells qwerty when read left to right. In a computer the CPU The computers digestive gives the processer the system it processes command on what information given to it. information needs to be processed. Electronic equipment Desk drives and printers connected by cable to the are important peripherals. CPU of a computer. A device that is usually A device for examining, built into a printer that reading, or monitoring examines, reads or something monitors something. Scanning is done to fax paperwork. URL Uniform Resource A URL is the address of a Locator specific website or file on the internet.

Output Devices

Input Devices

Motherboard CPU

Ram

QWERTY

Processing

Peripheral Devices Scanner

URL

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USB Bit

Bus

DVORAK

Hardcopy

Impact Printer Keyboard Intranet

Nodes

An input device that A micro input device used transport data from one to carry electronic data place to another. The smallest unit of The smallest unit of measure for a computer. If measure on the computer. there are more than one it is known as a byte. The name kilobyte is just a thousand bytes the list goes on for the sizes of bytes. A set of electrical A set of electrical conductors in an conductors in an integrated circuit. integrated circuit. There are different types Found in the CPU of busses but they are connecting it to external useless without each memory and other other. A single bus will not peripheral devices. get you anywhere. A keyboard configuration A keyboard configuration where all common letters where one can type more found on words is placed quickly in the middle line of the keyboard. A typist on an average eight-hour day will move their hands on the keyboard for a distance of 1 mile versus 16 miles. Computer output printed A piece of paper, on paper that can be read something physical. without using a special device. A printing device where A printing device where the printing surface makes the printing surface makes contact with the paper contact with the paper Used to input characters Like the buttons on a TV and other information into remote. your computer. A restricted computer A computer network with network within a restricted access. company that uses software and protocols developed for the internet. An interconnection point A point where two points

BY: Shiyanth Sritharan on a computer network. connects on a computer network. An electronic device that makes it possible to transport data from one place to another via communication lines.

An electronic device that makes possible the transmission of data to or from a computer or television or other communication lines like internet. It allows the computer to Network Interface Card A network interface controller is a computer connect to a network. hardware component that connects a computer to a computer network. The software that Like Windows 8 or Mac OS Operating system supports a computer's X Lion it is used to operate basic functions, such as your computer. scheduling tasks, executing applications, and controlling peripherals. Computer memory that is Permanent memory that ROM permanent and usually cannot easily be erased by stored on electronic chips the user. during manufacture that is very difficult to erase. Messages or mail that is Messages or mail that is Spam repeated over and over repeated over and over again to try to get the again to try to get a victims attention. persons attention.

Modem

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