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A circuit board inserted into a slot on the motherboard to enhance the capability of the computer. | expansion cards |
A narrow slot on the motherboard where an expansion card can be inserted. Expansion slots connect to a bus on the motherboard. | expansion slots |
Software that is permanently stored in a chip. The BIOS on a motherboard is an example of firmware | firmware |
ROM that can be reprogrammed or changed without replacing chips. | flash ROM |
A drive that can hold either a 5 inch or 3 inch floppy disk. Also called floppy drive. | floppy disk drive |
One thousand MHz, or one billion cycles per second. | gigahertz |
Output from a printer to paper. | hard copy |
The main secondary storage device of a PC. Two technologies are currently used by hard drives: magnetic and solid state. Also called a hard disk drive (HDD). | hard drive |
The physical components that constitute the computer system, such as the monitor, the keyboard, the motherboard, and the printer. | hardware |
Unit of measurement for frequency, calculated in terms of vibrations, or cycles per second. For example, for 16–bit stereo sound, a frequency of 44,000Hz is used. See also megahertz. | hertz |
A common input device through which data and instructions may be typed into computer memory. | keyboard |