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1. microprocessor




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2. parallel ATA (PATA)




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3. printer




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4. parallel port




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5. magnetic hard drive




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6. non–volatile memory




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7. protocol




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8. motherboard




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9. monitor




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10. A set of step–by–step instructions to a computer. Some are burned directly into chips, while others are stored as program files. Programs are written in languages such as Visual Basic and C++.




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11. Devices that communicate with the CPU but are not located directly on the motherboard, such as the monitor, floppy drive, printer, and mouse




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12. See motherboard.




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13. Temporary storage on the motherboard used by the CPU to process data and instructions. Memory is considered primary storage.




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14. A box inside the computer case that supplies power to the motherboard and other installed devices. Power supplies provide 3.3, 5, and 12 volts DC. Also called a power supply unit (PSU).




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15. See central processing unit (CPU).




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16. Physical microchips that can hold data and programming, located on the motherboard or expansion cards.




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17. One million Hz, or one million cycles per second. See hertz (Hz).




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18. A pointing and input device that allows the user to move a cursor around a screen and select items with the click of a button.




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19. (1) As applied to services running on a computer, a number assigned to a process on a computer so that the process can be found by TCP/IP. Also called a port address or port number.





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