1. COMPUTER HARDWARE Kris Marinov

2. HARDWARE DEFINITION Comprehensive term for all of the physical parts of the computer. Comprehensive term for all of the physical parts of the computer. Refers to objects you can touch, like disks, disk drives, display screens, keyboard, printers and chips. Refers to objects you can touch, like disks, disk drives, display screens, keyboard, printers and chips. The pages and the ink are hardware, while the words and sentences are the software The pages and the ink are hardware, while the words and sentences are the software

3. Software Exists as ideas, concepts, and symbols Provides instructions for the hardware to accomplish tasks. Can not be touched like the hardware. All parts are inside the computer.

4. Different types of hardware MODEM Device that modulates a carrier signal to encode digital information. Demodulates carrier signal to decode the transmitted information. Goal- produces a signal that can be transmitted easily and decoded to reproduce the original digital data.

5. Pointing device MOUSE Handled pointing device for computers, Being a small object fitted with one or more buttons and shaped to sit naturally under the hand. Called mouse primarily because the cord on early models resembled the rodent’s tail, and also because the motion of the pointer on the screen can be mouse-like

6. Graphics cars, video card video board, video adapter Computer components designed to convert the logical representation of visual information into a signal that can be used as input for display medium.

7. USB flash drive NAND-type flash memory integrated with a USB, small, removable, lightweight and removable data storage up to 16GB NAND-type flash memory integrated with a USB, small, removable, lightweight and removable data storage up to 16GB Also known as pen drives, chip sticks, thumb drives, flash drives and USB keys Also known as pen drives, chip sticks, thumb drives, flash drives and USB keys