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hard disk drive
See disk drive.
hardware
The physical parts of your computer, including the keyboard,
monitor, disk drives, cables, and circuit cards.
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IC
(Integrated Circuit) An electronic device that contains
miniaturized circuitry.
(ISA Configuration Utility)
The program that you use to change the configuration of
some ISA desktop computers. This program also contains
information about the hardware in the computer.
IDE
(Integrated Drive Electronics) A type of hard disk drive with
the control circuitry located inside the disk drive rather than
on a drive controller card.
interface.
A connection between the computer and a peripheral device
that enables them to exchange data. See also parallel port
and serial port.
ISA
(Industry Standard Architecture) An industry standard for
computers and circuit cards that transfer 16 bits of data at a
time.
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