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- Cobol
- Common business oriented language
- CPU
- Central processing unit
- Software
- The programs and supportive materials used in a computer system
- CRT
- Cathode ray tube
- Hardware
- The actual electronic equipment that composes a computer system
- Digital computer
- A computer that uses on/off circuit switching to perform operations, uses binary
- Flow chart
- A sketch outlining the steps and sequence of a computer program
- Fortran
- Formula translation computer language used mostly in mathematical calculations
- Input
- The instructions, data, and information that are put into a computer for calculations and storage
- Program
- A sequential set of instructions to a computer to process information
- Output
- The display and storage of information by a computer to one of its devices
- MICR
- Magnetic ink character recognition
- RAM
- Random access memory. memory storage which can be changed by computer programs.
- ROM
- Read only memory. it always contains the same information.
- File
- The information and data which are used by the programs.
- Assembler
- A program which translates assembly language into machine language instructions
- Compiler
- A program that translates a high level language program like basic into a language that is closer to machine language
- GCR
- Group code recording. a method of disk storage in cp/m mode
- Matrix
- A two dimensional array
- Protocol
- The type of format by which computers transfer information over remote lines
- RGBI monitor
- Red/green/blue intensity. a video screen monitor capable of displaying high-resolution 80 column graphics
- Stop bit
- A bit or group that identifies the end of a data word and defines the space between them
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