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  2. Computer hardware - Wikipedia

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    PDP-11 CPU board. Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer case.

  3. Central processing unit - Wikipedia

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    A central processing unit (CPU) is the primary component of a computer that performs most of the processing inside a computer.

  4. Computer - Wikipedia

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    A human computer, with microscope and calculator, 1952. It was not until the mid-20th century that the word acquired its modern definition; according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first known use of the word computer was in a different sense, in a 1613 book called The Yong Mans Gleanings by the English writer Richard Brathwait: "I haue [] read the truest computer of Times, and the best ...

  5. User interface - Wikipedia

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    The Xfce desktop environment offers a graphical user interface following the desktop metaphor.. In the industrial design field of human–computer interaction, a user interface (UI) is the space where interactions between humans and machines occur.

  6. Information and communications technology - Wikipedia

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    Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications [1] and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access, store, transmit, understand and ...

  7. Information technology - Wikipedia

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    Information technology (IT) is a set of related fields that encompass computer systems, software, programming languages, data and information processing, and storage. [1] IT forms part of information and communications technology (ICT). [2]

  8. Operating system - Wikipedia

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    An operating system is a software that manages computer hardware and software resources and provides common services for computer programs.

  9. Computer file - Wikipedia

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    In computing, a computer file is a resource for recording data on a computer storage device, primarily identified by its filename.Just as words can be written on paper, so too can data be written to a computer file.