Computer Science Definitions

The component which can be described as the "brain" of a computer system

The component of a CPU which performs simple addition and subtraction

The software which provides a platform for a computer system to run applications

A network which covers a small geographical area

A network which connects LANs that are in different or large geographical locations

The component which allows a device to connect to a network

A unique identifier which is assigned to all network enabled devices and cannot be changed

A piece of software that provides features to help a programmer develop a program

Volatile memory which holds data, instructions and programs that are currently in use

An area on the hard disk used as main memory when there is not enough RAM to deal with the amount of instructions