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| Also called Random Access Memory(Ram); Consists of electronic components that temporarily store instructions waiting to be executed by the processor, data needed by those instructions, and the results of processed data (information). |
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| K or Kb; equals 1,000 bytes |
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| Mb; equals 1 million bytes |
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| One memory location or one character |
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| Prints by striking an inked ribbon against the paper; Also known as the dot-matrix printer |
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| They form character by means other than striking a ribbon against paper; Examples are in-jet printers and laser printers |
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| Forms a character or graphic by using a nozzle that sprays tiny drops of ink on to the page |
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| Number of Pages per minute |
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| A high speed, high quality nonimpact printer that employs copier-machine technology. It converts data from the computer into a beam of light that is focused on a photoconductor drum, forming the images to be printer. |
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| An Output Device that visually conveys text, graphics, and video information |
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| A display device that is packaged as a separate unit |
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| Also known as LCD ( The Most Popular Type of Flat Panel Monitor; Uses a liquid display crystal, similar to a digital watch, to produce images on the screen. |
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| (CRT) The television like monitor is composed of individual picture elements called pixels |
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| An individual picture element |
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| Used to store instructions, data, and information when they are not being used in memory. |
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| Use magnetic particles to store items such as data, instructions, and information on a disk's surface; Two types of Magnetic Disks are Floppy and Hard Disks |
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| The process of dividing the disk into instructions, and information on the disk |
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| A narrow recording band that forms a full circle on the surface of the disk |
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| Pie shaped sections that break the tracks into small arcs |
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| Means you can remove the medium from one computer and carry it to another computer. |
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| A storage device that contains one or more inflexible, circular platters that magnetically store data, instructions, and information. |
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| When a read/write head touches a platter, usually resulting in loss of data or sometimes the entire drive |
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| A duplicate of a file, program, or disk that you can use in case the original is lost, damaged, or destroyed. |
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| Also called diskettes; An inexpensive portable storage medium and the most widely used floppy disks is 3.5 inches and typically can store up to 1.44 megabytes of data of 1,474,560 characters |
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| A device that can read from and write on a floppy disk. Floppy disk drives are either built into the system unit or are external to the system unit and connected to the computer via a cable. |
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| The time required to access and retrieve data |
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