Integrated Technologies

Jim Morrow, Instructor

Hardware Vocabulary

Listed are some of the key vocabulary words associated with the “insides” of the computer.  Using the Internet, locate as many definitions as you can. 

Draw a diagram of the “insides” labeling the major components.

 

Several useful websites are:

Http://members.aol.com/wbox/wbox.htm  or

http://www.kids-online.net/learn/c_n_l.html  or

http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/8390/C2.htm or

http://www.dis.unimelb.edu.au/staff/tanya/hwtute/index2.htm or

http://www.intel.com/education/journey/index.htm (for the Intel site use the menus on the left about the processor etc.)

http://www.cyberwalker.net/basics/insidethecomputer.html

 

Please submit to the class any other useful websites for hardware explanations you may find.

 


Bus

CD/ CD-ROM Drive

CPU

Disk Drive

Gigabyte

Hard disk, Hard Drive

Megahertz

Clock Speed

Megahertz

RAM

Storage memory

 

 

Super drive

Touch screen

Motherboard

pilot

MIDI

Megabyte

Mouse

Chip

Micro-chip

DVD

Tower

Mini-Tower

Memory

ROM

Card ( video)

Printer

Scanner

Monitor

RGB

Vram

Zip drive

Keyboard

Modem

Network card

 

Expansion port

Bar Scanner

Floptical

Facsimile

USB

Laptop

Notebook

Palm Pilot

Serial Port

 

 

 


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Use the back to list any other vocabulary words related to the computer you may discover.