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KEYBOARD
Set of keys you type on or play like a piano
BACKSPACE
The typewriter key used for back spacing
SHIFT
An event in which something is displaced without rotation
SEARCH
An operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property
LAPTOP
A portable computer small enough to use in your lap
INTERNET
Worldwide network connecting computers
MONITOR
Screen that shows what a computer is doing
SPEAKERS
Someone who expresses in language (plural)
MODEM
Electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line
SCREEN SAVER
A moving design that appears on a computer ___ when there has been no input for a specified
YAHOO
A widely used search engine for the web that finds information, news, images, products, finance
ICONS
A graphic symbol that denotes a program or a command or a data file or a concept in a graphical (plural)
DISC
A memory device consisting of a flat disk covered with a magnetic coating on which information is
HARD DRIVE
Computer ___ that holds and spins a magnetic or optical disk and reads and writes information
MEMORY
An electronic ___ device
PROCESSOR
The part of a computer that does most of the data ___
PRINTER
Machine that puts words on paper
TOWER
A structure taller than its diameter
MOUSE
Small rodent that squeaks, or a computer pointer

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