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LOAD
MEMORY
MEM
PERIPHERALS
PROGRAM
READ/WRITF
HEAD
SOFTWARE
UTILITY
WRITE PROTECT
A unit of measurement for memorystorage.
One Kbyte is equal to 1,024 bytes {or1,024
characters). Alsocalled "K" or "kilobyte."
To read programsinto a computer.
The size of the computer's brain. Memory
the combinationof hardware and/ordiscs on
which data is stared
Modified frequency modulation (MEM) is a
method for stoning data on discs.
Devicesthat areexternal to and controlledby
the computer. Peripherals are sacalled
because theyarc nat part of the computer
(e.g. tapedrives, disc drives, printers, and
plotters).
A set of instructions or steps telling the
computer how to handle a problem or task
The part of the disc drive that reads data from
your disc andwritesdata onto your disc
A computer programor set of programs.
A utility is a program that performs a task.
required by most users. For example, most
users needto make copies of discs. Therefore,
the copyutility is a program that tells the
computer how tocopy discs,
A method of protecting disc information from
being erased or overwritten.
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