Beekman 7^th Edition Chapters 3 and 4 Test Study Guide

optical character recognition (OCR)

handwriting recognition software

digitize

scanner

video conferencing

monitor

speech recognition

pixel

dot on printer output compared with a pixel on a monitor

resolution

Red-Green-Blue (RGB) Color Video

VRAM

sequential access

ergonomics

hard disk

CD-RW

ports

slots

bay

internal drive

platform

Universal Serial Bus (USB) (platform independent, allows extension without opening box)

software (multitasking, universal tool, adaptability)

algorithm

compiler

high-level language

machine language

translators

load a program

fetch

execute an instruction

online help

natural language

upgrade

software license

operating system

system software (vs. application software and translator software. O.S. + utilities)

multitasking

device drivers

booting

memory management

user interface

folder

UNIX

Java

formatting

natural language