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- vacuum tube
- oldest device used for memory in
electronic computer. Generated a lot of heat and burned out often.
- vector
- a means of defining an image in terms of
geometric shapes. Used by drawing programs
- VGA
- Video Graphics Adapter - low end video type with 640 x
480 resolution and 256 colors
- video camera
- records data on tape that can be uploaded
to the computer
- video recorder (VCR)
- records data on tape that can be uploaded
to the computer with the right hardware
- video display terminal (VDT)
- device which displays computer output.
From early network terminals.
- video display unit (VDU)
- any device that displays computer output
including on hand-held devices.
- virtual
- not really there but acts as though it
were real
- virtual memory
- disk space used as part of main memory
- virtual machine
- method that tricks computer into thinking
it is a different kind of machine than it is
- virus
- a computer program that performs tasks
without your permission or consent. May be harmless but annoying
or may be highly damaging.
- voice input
- using human voice to directly enter data
or commands
- volatile
- term for memory which loses data when the
power goes off.
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