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Statements or commands that specify how to perform a particular
instruction:
task.
1) Hardware and/or software components of a system used specifically
interface:
to connect one system or device to another.
or device to another to exchange information.
user, the computer, and the program, for example, the keyboard or a menu.
Input/output.
I/O:
computer.
Equipment used to communicate with the computer and transfer data
I/O devices:
to and from it.
J
A small clip or wire that allows you to change the hardware
jumper:
characteristics by electrically connecting two points of a circuit.
K
Taken from the Greek word kilo, meaning 1000; often used as equivalent to
K:
1024, or 2 raised to the 10th power.
kilobyte.
KB:
See
keyboard:
An input device containing switches that are activated by manually
pressing marked keys.
specific code to the computer.
representative of the (ASCII) character marked on the key.
A unit of data storage equal to 1024 bytes.
kilobyte (KB):
megabite.
L
Light Emitting Diode (LED):
current is applied.
LIM-EMS:
Lotus-Intel-Microsoft Expanded Memory Specification
defines expanded memory.
Liquid Crystal Display (LCD):
coated with transparent conducting material.
into character forming segments with leads that extend to the edge of the
glass.
Applying a voltage between the glass sheets darkens the liquid crystal
to provide contrast to lighted portions of the display.
Large Scale Integration.
LSI:
to 100,000 simple logic gates on a single chip.
uses the large scale integration.
Refers to acceptance and transfer of data to and from a
See also
Each keystroke activates a switch that transmits a
For each key, the transmitted code is, in turn,
A semiconductor device that emits light when a
expanded memory.
See
Liquid crystal sealed between two sheets of glass
1) A technology that allows the inclusion of up
2) To physically connect one system
3) The point of contact between
byte and kilobyte.
See also
The standard that
The viewing-side coating is etched
2) An integrated circuit that
byte and
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