Introduction to Computers with Answers Graded A+
1. Storage Device Cable inside the computer transferring data between the
Cable motherboard and storage devices.
2. Surge Protector an appliance or device designed to protect electrical de-
vices from voltage spikes.
3. Hardware Physical parts of a computer, such as the hard drive, video
card, monitor, and other substantial computer parts.
4. Software Set of computer programs designed to enable computers
to accomplish certain tasks; major types of software in-
clude programming software, system software, and appli-
cation software.
5. Defragmentation Computer program allowing the computer to communicate
with a hardware device.
6. Personal Com- a computer designed for use by one person at a time.
puter
7. Light Emitting Provides better quality images.
Diode (LED)
8. Touchpad Computer pointing device which takes advantage of a
tactile sensor to detect a user's finger movement.
9. Compact Disc a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data.
Read-Only Mem-
ory (CD-ROM)
10. Digital Video is a read-only digital versatile disc (DVD) commonly used
Read-Only Mem- for storing large software applications.
ory (DVD-ROM)
11. Digital Visual In- is a port used to connect display devices, such as LCD
terface (DVI) monitors or projectors, with the output device.
12. High-Definition a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncom-
Multimedia pressed video data and compressed or uncompressed
Interface (HDMI) digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device,
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1. Storage Device Cable inside the computer transferring data between the
Cable motherboard and storage devices.
2. Surge Protector an appliance or device designed to protect electrical de-
vices from voltage spikes.
3. Hardware Physical parts of a computer, such as the hard drive, video
card, monitor, and other substantial computer parts.
4. Software Set of computer programs designed to enable computers
to accomplish certain tasks; major types of software in-
clude programming software, system software, and appli-
cation software.
5. Defragmentation Computer program allowing the computer to communicate
with a hardware device.
6. Personal Com- a computer designed for use by one person at a time.
puter
7. Light Emitting Provides better quality images.
Diode (LED)
8. Touchpad Computer pointing device which takes advantage of a
tactile sensor to detect a user's finger movement.
9. Compact Disc a pre-pressed optical compact disc that contains data.
Read-Only Mem-
ory (CD-ROM)
10. Digital Video is a read-only digital versatile disc (DVD) commonly used
Read-Only Mem- for storing large software applications.
ory (DVD-ROM)
11. Digital Visual In- is a port used to connect display devices, such as LCD
terface (DVI) monitors or projectors, with the output device.
12. High-Definition a proprietary audio/video interface for transmitting uncom-
Multimedia pressed video data and compressed or uncompressed
Interface (HDMI) digital audio data from an HDMI-compliant source device,
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