a computer disc that can store large amounts of information and that produces very high quality pictures and sounds, used especially for computer games and /movies

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a disk that contains a program for starting a computer and the operating system software

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an area in a computer’s memory where information is kept temporarily when you are sending it from one system or program to another

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an area of a computer’s memory for storing information that is regularly needed

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an area of a computer’s memory for storing information that is regularly needed

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compact disk: a small round piece of hard plastic with sound recorded on it or computer information stored on it

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compact disc erasable: a CD that can have its information removed and something else recorded onto it

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compact disc recordable: an empty CD you can use only once to record music or information from a computer

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compact disk read-only memory: a CD that stores large amounts of information for use by a computer

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compact disc rewritable: a CD you can use as many times as you want to record music or information from a computer

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a CD used for playing video pictures

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a cd

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a card containing electronic information that you can read by touching the card with a special piece of equipment

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a card containing electronic information that can be read from a distance with special equipment that uses radio waves

another spelling of disk

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a flat circular object on which information from a computer can be stored. Disks include hard disks, floppy disks, CDs, and DVDs

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a cd or dvd

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a floppy disk

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a double-density disk holds twice the amount of information as a standard disk

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a music DVD that contains more songs than a CD and has better sound quality

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a DVD that you can use only once to record information, especially images

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a computer DVD that can hold a lot more information than a CD

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a DVD that you can use as many times as you want to record information, especially images

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erasable-programmable read-only memory: computer memory that can be changed by a user to correct a problem in the program or to add to what the program can do

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a small plastic disk drive that stores information and that you can carry around with you. You connect the flash drive to a computer when you want to use the information.

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a type of computer memory that does not lose information when electrical power stops being available and from which you can erase (=get rid of) information and then program it again

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a small square plastic object that you use for copying information from a computer. A floppy disk is often simply called a floppy. The part of the computer where you put the floppy disk is called a disk drive.

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the part inside a computer that stores the information it needs to work

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a hard disk

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a part of a computer’s memory where e-mail is stored

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a substance or an object on which computer information is stored or printed

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the part of a computer in which information, instructions, and programs are stored

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the size of this part of a computer

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the part of a computer where information is stored

a small disk drive that can store information for use in electronic equipment and that you carry around with you

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a thin flat round piece of plastic that stores information such as music or written words that can be read using a laser (=powerful narrow light). Optical disks include cd-roms and laserdisks.

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a CD containing photographs that you can look at on a computer or television screen

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random access memory: the part of a computer that programs are put into while you are using them

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ram

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rom

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a rewritable disk can be written on many times

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read-only memory: computer memory that is permanent and cannot be changed. Computer memory where you can save and change information is called RAM.

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the main directory (=place where files are stored) that contains all the other directories in a system of organizing information

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single inline memory module: a part that is attached to the motherboard of a computer to add memory

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the area that is available on a computer for storing information

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a part of a computer’s memory where information is kept for a short period

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a system for storing information on a computer

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the ability of a computer to store information, or the process of doing this

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one small area in a computer where information is stored, or a list of the files and programs stored there. A subdirectory is in a directory, often with other subdirectories

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a disk that holds the system software

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computer memory that is used as a disk to store information

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space on a computer’s hard drive that the software can use as a temporary place to store information

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a small disk drive that can store information from a computer and that you can carry around with you