section 1 vocabulary

1. Vocabulary Section 1
Coding
Programs
Hard Drive
Ram

2. What is coding?
• A special language that is used to write
programs for computers.
• Different languages accomplish different tasks.

6. Programs
• The instructions a computer uses to complete a
task. These instructions are written in code.
• Code= The languages used to write programs
• Programs= The instructions used by your
computer to accomplish tasks.
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7. Hard Drive
• Device used for storing and retrieving digital
information using one or more rigid ("hard")
rapidly rotating disks coated with magnetic
material.
• Data is accessed in a random-access manner,
meaning that individual blocks of data can be
stored or retrieved in any order and not only
sequentially.

8. RAM
• random access memory, a type of computer
memory that can be accessed randomly; that
is, any byte of memory can be accessed
without touching the preceding bytes. RAM is
the most common type of memory found in
computers.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7DZl6q4
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