Extensive Hardware Vocabulary

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extensive hARDWARE vocabulary 3 There are different ways to organise your vocabulary. Diagrams and pictures make it easier to organise and memorise words. Take a look at the different ways to organise vocabulary. CD/DVD ROM drive insert a CD/DVD eject a CD/DVD burn a CD/DVD blank/ rewritable CD/DVD copy a CD/DVD Motherboard brand and model supported CPU CPU socket type CPU type Chipsets memory slots expansion slots storage devices onboard audio audio chipset onboard video onboard LAN internal connectors rear panel ports FSB frequency North Bridge South Bridge ISA slots PCI slots AGP slot PCI Express slots IDE/ATA connectors Serial ATA connectors keyboard port parallel port mouse port serial port USB ports IEEE 1394 ports audio jacks graphics cards LAN cards CD/DVD writer CD/DVD ROM drive hard drives audio cards power connectors audio connectors fan connectors IDE connectors SATA connectores power LED connector function keys space key enter key control key alt key primary button secondary button mouse mat scroll wheel movement keys numeric pad keyboard mouse

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Concise and useful list of vocabulary related to computer hardware

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There are different ways to organise your vocabulary. Diagrams and pictures make it easier to organise and memorise words. Take a look at the different ways to organise vocabulary.

CD/DVD ROM drive

insert a CD/DVD

eject a CD/DVD

burn a CD/DVD

blank/rewritableCD/DVD

copy a CD/DVD

Motherboard

brand and model

supported CPU

CPU socket type

CPU type

Chipsets

memory slots

expansion slots

storage devices

onboard audioaudio chipset

onboard videoonboard LAN

internal connectors

rear panel ports

FSB frequency

North BridgeSouth Bridge

ISA slotsPCI slots

AGP slotPCI Express slots

IDE/ATA connectorsSerial ATA connectors

keyboard port

parallel portmouse port

serial portUSB portsIEEE 1394 portsaudio jacks

graphics cardsLAN cards

CD/DVD writerCD/DVD ROM drivehard drives

audio cards

power connectors

audio connectorsfan connectors

IDE connectorsSATA connectorespower LED connector

function keysspace keyenter keycontrol keyalt key

primary buttonsecondary buttonmouse matscroll wheel

movement keysnumeric pad

keyboard

mouse

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3.1 How would you organise these words? Use circles to group the words.

unplug overheat restart overclock overwrite undo rewrite uninstall redo

3.2 Look at this list of words. Can you group the words to make a diagram or scheme?

1. mouse 2. scroll up 3. line out 4. audio jacks 5. primary button

6. scroll down 7. right click 8. left click 9. speakers 10. click and drag

11. headphones 12. audio card 13. mic in 14. secondary button 15. rear speaker out

16. microphone 17. scroll wheel 18. center speaker out 19. double click 20. line out

21. line in 22. click 23. side speaker out24. mouse mat

3.3 You should can add a definition and a translation to the words. Then memorisation is easier. Match these words with the appropriate definition and then translate them.

1. Out tray2. In tray3. LCD screen4. Top cover5. Paper catch

• screen where you can see the menu options.• tray where you put the sheets or envelops you want to print.• tray where you load extra paper. • cover that you need to lift to change the ink cartridges.• try where you recover the printed sheets.

1. .............................. 2. .............................. 3. .............................. 4. .............................. 5. ..............................

WORDS DEFINITIONS TRANSLATIONS