digital world sp10 p1 Paolo

1.ascii is a character econding scheme based on the english alphabet 2.bit is the basic unit in computing and telecommunications3.byte is a unit of digital information and telecommunication 4.CD Rom is to distribute computer software including games and multimedia applacations 5.Central processing unit is the brain of the cpu. 6. controller is a chip or an extention card that interfaces with a peripheral device7. dvd is an optical disc storage media format.8.Execution cycle is a hard disk drive.9 imput device is to put information on a cpu.10 inpact printers are printers that print mechanical impacts11.instruction cycle is a period of time when a computer processes a machine language from the memory12 main memory is the part of the computer that storages devices13.motherboard is thin board in a computer14.mouse network drive is a hard disk with space thats is shared with users in the network15.nonimpact printers are quite printers that has laser jet printers.16.optical storage devises is a term that refers to storage data17.output devises are computers hardware that gives out information.18.plotter is a devise run by the computer this device is used to draw picture or plot graphs19.pointer is a arrow to show you the a certain direction20.Radom Access Memory (Ram) is the memory of the computer that is used by programs to do tasks when the computer is on.21Read Only Memory (Rom) is a content that only can be read but cant be changed.22Scanner is a devise that is represents the amount of image of data in a computer.23 system clock is a clock in a computer that shows the time date and temp.