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  2. Glossary of computer hardware terms - Wikipedia

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    The interface is primarily used to connect a video source to a display device such as a computer monitor, though it can also be used to transmit audio, USB, and other forms of data. Unline HDMI, DisplayPort is open source. drive bay A standard-sized area within a computer case for adding hardware (hard drives, CD drives, etc.) to a computer.

  3. Monitor - Wikipedia

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    System monitor, a hardware or software component used to monitor system resources and performance in a computer system Virtual machine monitor, or hypervisor , is a software that creates and runs virtual machines, allowing multiple operating system images to run simultaneously on a single piece of hardware

  4. List of computer term etymologies - Wikipedia

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    Names of many computer terms, especially computer applications, often relate to the function they perform, e.g., a compiler is an application that compiles (programming language source code into the computer's machine language). However, there are other terms with less obvious origins, which are of etymological interest.

  5. Computer monitor - Wikipedia

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    A flat-panel display (FPD) computer monitor A cathode-ray tube (CRT) computer monitor A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial or textual form. A discrete monitor comprises a visual display , support electronics, power supply, housing , electrical connectors , and external user controls.

  6. Application software - Wikipedia

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    Application software is any computer program that is intended for end-user use – not operating, administering or programming the computer. An application (app, application program, software application) is any program that can be categorized as application software.

  7. List of computing and IT abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    CAI—Computer-aided instruction; CAM—Computer-aided manufacturing; CAP—Consistency availability partition tolerance (theorem) CAPTCHA—Completely automated public Turing test to tell computers and humans apart; CAT—Computer-aided translation; CAQ—Computer-aided quality assurance; CASE—Computer-aided software engineering; cc—C compiler

  8. Comparison of display technology - Wikipedia

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    TV, computer monitor, radar display, oscilloscope: Yes Direct view Charactron CRT: Spherical curve 24 61 Computer monitor, radar display: No CRT self-contained rear-projection Flat lenticular: 80 [4] 203 TV: Yes CRT front projection: Flat (limited only by brightness) TV or presentation No Plasma display: Flat 152 [5] 386 TV, computer monitor

  9. Display device - Wikipedia

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    Nixie tubes, LED display and VF display, top to bottom Display board at Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof (2005). A display device is an output device for presentation of information in visual [1] or tactile form (the latter used for example in tactile electronic displays for blind people). [2]