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a lightweight transportable microcomputer designed for easy
carrying and to be used on a person’s lap. It usually weighs less than a newborn baby,around 5 lbs |
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| Pen based, notepad, and interactive tablet computers |
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small portable
computers with special screens that can sense the touch of a special stylus and display
graphics and text on the screen. |
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| difference between a laptop and a notepad computer |
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| the size and the ability to write with a pen or a stylus. |
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| the amount of characters you can use on windows xp and vista for file names |
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| the number of characters you can use in a file extension. ex: .jpeg, .jpg, .bmp, .gif, and .doc. |
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separates the characters in a file name from the file extension. An
example would be as follows: snowtrip.jpg. |
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| eight keys that make up the home row |
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the number system that uses the digits 0 and 1, and
has a base of 2. The 0 represents off and the 1 represents on. |
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means the main directory on a disk; it is created by
formatting a disk. |
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stands for central processing unit and is considered to be the “brain” of the
computer because it’s where the actual operations of the computer occur. |
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| stands for Disk Operating System. |
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| stands for computer aided drafting or design. |
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| the written backup of a software program. |
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| the keyboard design that is carried over from typewriters. |
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technology that uses light instead of electricity to send data. A fiber
optics cable is a hair thin cable that uses light instead of electricity to send data. |
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a way of protecting data by copying it and storing it in more
than one place. |
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| the study of human factors related to the computer. |
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for garbage in garbage out. The quality of the output is directly
dependent on the quality of the input. |
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| a term referring to software that is easy for a novice to use. |
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helps to determine the level of performance of the computer; it is the
speed at which the computer operates and is measured in megahertz or gigahertz. |
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| schematic drawing of a computer system |
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ROM
CPU
BUS LINE
RAM MEMORY
BUS LINE
BUS LINE
CACHE
STORAGE |
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