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Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) New
Personal digital assistants, commonly known as PDAs, are devices that combine a range of basic computing functions, such as scheduling, contact management and communications, into a small portable device that can be used in place of larger full featured computer systems.

Partition New
Partitions are used to divide an area of storage into separate isolated segments.

Driver
A driver is a piece of software that controls and provides an interface to hardware devices.

Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)
BIOS is piece of software that controls the basic hardware and allows a computer boot an opertaing system.

CMOS New
A common type of semiconductor often used in personal computers to store system parameters.

Network Interface Card (NIC) New
Provides the hardware interface between a computer and a network.

Memory New
Generic term to describe the storage of data within a computer or device.

Random Access Memory (RAM) New
RAM is a type of memory used to store temporary data in a computer or other device.

Central Processing Unit (CPU) New
The CPU is the main processor of a computer system that allows it to perform tasks.

 
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