It has its own CPU (Central Processing Unit), monitor and keyboard. It’s used as a PC at home or as a workstation for a group work.  It’s not a portable device. It is designed to be placed on a desk

The most powerful type of computer. It can process and store large amounts of data. It supports multiple users at the same time and can support more simultaneous processes than a PC. The central system is large server connected to hundreds of terminals over a network. It’s normally used for large-scale computing purposes in banks, big companies and universities.

It is a lightweight computer that you can transport easily. It can work as fast as desktop PC, with similar processors, memory capacity, and disk drives, but it is portable and has a smaller screen. Instead of mouse, it has a touchpad built into the keyboard – a sensitive pad that you can touch to move the pointer on the screen.

It’s a tiny computer which can be held in one hand. The term refers to a wide variety of hand-held devices, palmtops and pocket PC. For input, you can type at a small keyboard or use a stylus- a special pen used with a touch screen to select items, draw pictures, etc.

Portable personal computer with a touch screen interface. Handwriting can be recognized and converted into edible form. You can type at the detached keyboard or use voice recognition.

a typical computer found in many businesses and popular for home use

a full-function PC, though it only weighs 1.2 kg - you can go to a meeting and write your notes on it, like a paper notepad; its screen mode can be changed from portrait to landscape

a small computer that fits into items of clothing

a portable computer that can be closed up like a briefcase, but can be as powerful as a desktop PC

a large computer used for intensive data processing and often linked to many terminals

a hand-held computer which can be used as a telephone, a web explorer and a personal organizer

Device that converts data so that it can travel over the Internet

Device used to produce voice output and play back music

Mechanism that reads and/or writes to optical discs

Any socket into which a peripheral device may be connected

A host is a computer

A web browser is a program

A newbie is somebody

The inbox is the location

A ripper is a piece of software

files and programs are held on disks

 = results take the form of words, pictures and sounds

 = raw data is presented to the computer

 = data is transformed into useful information