Vocabulary Definition
Hardware the machines or equipment that your computer system is made from, not the programs
Computer an electronic machine that can store and arrange large amounts of information
Laptop a small computer that you can carry around with you
the main printed circuit board that contains the CPU of a computer and makes it possible for the other parts of a
MotherBoard
computer to communicate with each other
computing ) short for central processing unit; a central computer unit that controls the activities of other units
CPU connected to it
a circuit board (= small piece of electronic equipment) inside a computer that allows it to receive and show pictures
and video.
Graphic Card
It can be included in the motherboard as a printed circuit or added as an expansion to the motherboard through a
special internal connector.
a small piece of electronic equipment that you put in computer to connect it to a computer network.
Networkd Card
build in on motherboard or like expansion card to add to motherboard.
Serial ATA (abbreviated from Serial AT Attachment).
SATA is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical
drives, and solid-state drives.
(Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), officially abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed serial computer
PCI Express expansion bus standard, designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus standards
is a passive heat exchanger that transfers the heat generated by an electronic or a mechanical device to a fluid
HeatSink medium, often air or a liquid coolant, where it is dissipated away from the device, thereby allowing regulation of the
device's temperature at optimal levels
Vocabulary Definition
is a part of a computer system that consists of data or computer instructions, in contrast to the physical hardware
from which the system is built.
Software
includes computer programs, libraries and related non-executable data, such as online documentation or digital
media.
An integrated development environment (IDE) is a software application that provides comprehensive facilities to
IDE
computer programmers for software development.
Firmware
is a type of computer program that provides the low-level program control for the device's specific hardware.
Program is a collection of instructions that performs a specific task when executed by a computer.
is computer software that transforms computer code written in one programming language (the source language)
Compiler
into another computer language (the target language).
Application is a computer program designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of
Software the user.
is an interactive computer application for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets
SpreadSheet
are developed as computerized simulations of paper accounting worksheets.
(commonly referred to as a browser) is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information
Web Browser
resources on the World Wide Web
DataBase a set of related data and the way it is organized.
(Database Management System) consisting of an integrated set of computer software that allows users to interact
DBMS
with one or more databases and provides access to all of the data contained in the database
