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Binary 1: Heather, Sam, Tyler, Monique Binary 2: Dre, Van, Sonia, Kelly Port: Natasha, Abby, Ashley Software/Network: Alexis, David, Brandyn, Adriana Stoarage: Kayla, Emily, Sarah

Driver - A driver is [|software] that works to communicate between an operating system [|and] a [|peripheral.] Think of it as a translator. **An example** would be a CD-ROM with a small program on it that allows you to install and use a new printer. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi
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Bit The smallest unit of measure in a [|computer.] It is represented by a 0 (off) or 1 (on). http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Byte Simply put, it's 8 bits. Think of it as a string of 1s [|and] 0s that represents a number from 0 to 255. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Central Processing Unit (CPU) Think of this as the brains of the [|computer.] When most people think of processors, they think of Intel, AMD, Motorola, or IBM. The CPU's first [|instruction] is to check the system [|BIOS] and do what the BIOS tells it. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Client A general term that can mean a few things. In the client/server architecture, a client consists of any machine connected to a [|network] that exchanges [|data] with a [|server,] [|and] can also refer to the person using the machine. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Gigabyte This refers to approximately one billion bytes. To be specific, it is 2^30, or 1,073,741,824 bytes. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Hardware Any physical pieces of a [|computer.] For example, the computer [|chassis] itself, a [|monitor,] a [|printer,] [|DRAM,] [|and] video cards are all hardware http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Input Anything entered into a [|computer] or system. This includes keystrokes, [|mouse] movement, [|and] talking into a [|microphone] http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Kilobyte 1024 bytes (2^10 bytes http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Megabyte This is roughly one million bytes. This is exactly 1,048,576 bytes (that's 1024 x 1024, or 2^20). http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Network A group of interconnected computers. The computers must be capable of transferring [|data] to form a true network--you can't just weld a bunch of computers together. Put that torch down! http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Operating System (OS) The [|program] that allows you to access the [|basic] functions of your [|computer.] It is the minimum [|software] required to run a program. Thus, you must have an operating system installed [|and] then the programs run on top of it--unless you have a program with an entire operating system embedded into it, which is possible http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Output Anything that comes out of a [|computer] or system, either electronically or physically, as in, "Watch out for that pile of OUTPUT." http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Personal Computer This is slang for IBM Personal [|Computer,] or IBM-PC. This is the class of computers the works (so far) on the [|x86] [|instruction] set, [|and] were first developed by IBM as a means to put a computer in your home. Before that IBM computers were only used in business. After the PC was developed, many clone PC makers began developing them as well, and that has [|led] to the large amount of components that are PC-compatible; but it has also caused some problems when cheap components try to work properly with one another. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi

Port To port something you translate the [|code] for a [|program] from one [|platform] to another. You could port a program you wrote on a PC over to a Macintosh, for example. Port http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Random Access Memory (RAM) A type of [|memory] [|chip] that can be written, read, [|and] re-written. You can write to any part of it, thus the "random access" in the term. The slang term [|RAM] refers to a computer's main memory, or the physical RAM chips installed in the system. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi

Read Only Memory (ROM) [|Memory] containing a [|program,] [|data,] or information about the device that has been programmed onto the [|chip] at the factory [|and] cannot be changed. There is no easy mechanism to write to [|ROM,] but it is usually possible to do it. It's just [|not] made easy, as writing to ROM is not intended to done. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Server A machine whose sole purpose is to supply [|data] so that other machines can use that data. This also describes any [|software] process that runs on a server machine [|and] responds to [|client] processes or programs locally or across a [|network.] See also client/server. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Software The programs that run on [|computer] [|hardware.] This can include operating systems, office suites, games, [|Web] browsers, [|and] more. Software runs on hardware. http://www.geek.com/glossary/glossary_search.cgi Storage Device A computer storage device is any type of hardware that stores data. The most common type of storage device, which nearly all computers have, is a [|hard drive]. The computer's primary hard drive stores the operating system, applications, and files and folders for users of the computer. http://www.techterms.org/definition/storagedevice Terabyte A terabyte is 1,024 [|gigabytes] and precedes the [|petabyte] unit of measurement. While today's consumer hard drives are typically measured in gigabytes, Web servers and file servers may have several terabytes of space. http://www.techterms.org/definition/terabyte