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output display technology. keyboard layout. special type of disk drive. type of system port.
turns a function on or off. is numbered F1, F2, etc. performs a Windows command. is used for features such as Copy and Paste.
utilize radio wave transmission. require line of sight with the computer. are keyboards with a special layout. are connected directly to the computer via a wire to the USB port.
digital camera. mouse pad. trackball. PDA.
speed of its CPU. number of colors that can appear on the screen. number of pixels displayed on the monitor. gap between dots on the monitor.
data transfer rate. pixel illumination rate cycle speed. refresh rate.
electron beam scanning. fluorescent panels for generating light waves. FireWire technology. drop-on-demand technology.
plotter. inkjet printer. laser printer. dot matrix printer.
typing the Alt+Tab key combination. pressing the power switch. selecting Hibernate or Standby when shutting down. typing the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key combination.
external drive bay. motherboard. expansion card. internal drive bay.
Serial Parallel USB FireWire
Ethernet Flash Passive matrix USB
expansion card. drive. port. cache.
magnetic storage. read-only storage. permanent storage. volatile storage.
gigahertz. gigabytes. megahertz. terabytes.
Match the following terms with their correct descriptions.
Using the pulldown boxes, match each item on the left to the corresponding item at right.