Computers
Motherboard
The main printed circuit board in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems.
Wifi
A facility allowing computers, smartphones, or other devices to connect to the internet or communicate with one another wirelessly within a particular area.
Cell Phone
A device that combines a computer, iPod, digital camera and cellular phone into one device with a touchscreen interface.
Headphones
A pair of earphones joined by a band placed over the head, for listening to audio signals such as music or speech.
Gameboy
An 8-bit handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo.
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The portion of a computer that retrieves and executes instructions.
The Cloud
All of the things you can access remotely over the Internet.
Tablet
A mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package.
Monitor
An output device that displays information in pictorial form.
Cassette Tape
An analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.
Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
Specialized electronic circuit designed to rapidly manipulate and alter memory to accelerate the creation of images in a frame buffer intended for output to a display device.
Firewall
A part of a computer system or network which is designed to block unauthorized access while permitting outward communication.
Laptop
A computer that is portable and suitable for use while traveling.
Mouse
A hand-held pointing device that detects two-dimensional motion relative to a surface.
Typewriter
A mechanical or electromechanical machine for typing characters.
Random Access Memory (RAM)
A computer's short-term memory.
DSL Modem
A device used to connect a computer or router to a telephone line.
iPod
A portable electronic device for playing and storing digital audio and video files.
Keyboard
A panel of keys that operate a computer or typewriter.
Rotary Dial
A component of a telephone or a telephone switchboard that implements a signaling technology in telecommunications known as pulse dialing.
Solid State Drive (SSD)
A solid-state storage device that uses integrated circuit assemblies to store data.
DSL Filter
An analog low-pass filter installed between analog devices.
Camera
A device for recording visual images in the form of photographs, film, or video signals.
Printer
A peripheral machine which makes a persistent representation of graphics or text, usually on paper.
Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) televisions (CRT TV)
A television device that uses cathode ray tubes. These tubes contain one or more electron guns and fluorescent screens that are used to view images.