Residing on the motherboard
2. Expansion Slots- Connections that let you install expansion boards
3. Flash Memory-SmartMedia and CompactFlash cards store megabytes of data on small, thin, rectangular cards using a type of chip
4. Graphical User Interface- Lets users points and click on recognizable, intuitive, and consistent objects, eliminating the need to memorize complex commands and syntax.
5. Hard Drive- is the storage device at the heart of most computer systems.
6. Hardware- encompasses all the physical components of a computer system.
7. Input Device- are external to the system unit and are attached to it using specific connectors and ports.
8. Linux- is a powerful operating system for PC's based on Unix.
9. MacOS- Beginning with version 8.
10. Mainframe-perform multiple tasks for many users simultaneously using for large corporations or organizations.
11. Minicomputer- Smaller multiuser systems.
12. Motherboard- All computer circuity is connected to the main circuit board.
13.Operating System- The software program that oversees and contrls everything that happens while your computer is turned on.
14. Output Device- Show you the results of the computer's processing.
15. Platform- The computer environment.
16. Professional Workstation- Meets the needsd of users requiring more computing power than a personal computer.
17. Random Access Memory- Chips that store data only temporarity; all information is erased when the computer is turned off.
18. Read-only Memory- Chips have instructions and data built into them.
19. Supercomputer- meet this need by processing trillions of calculations per second.
20. Syntax- The user must type commands using particular keywords, punctuation symbols, and rigidly enforced rules, collectively
21. System Software- incudes the operating system and utility programs that help to operate and maintain your computer's data management tasks
22. System Unit- is the case that houses the computer's internal processing circuity incuding the motherboard, disk drives, power supply, pluging boards, and internal speaker.
23. User Interface- the way in which the user interacts with the computer.
24. Utility Program- the other part of the system software.
25. Virus- are small pieces of unauthorized program code written ti invade hard drives.
26. Windows- Microsoft Corporation introduced its own graphical user interface called windows.