DVD- an optical disk that can store a very large amount of digital data, as text, music, or images

Laser printer- a device that produces a nearly parallel, nearly monochromatic, and coherent beam of light by exciting atoms to a higher energy level and causing them to radiate their energy in phase

SDRAM- synchronous dynamic random access memory

Router- a device in a network that handles message transfers between computers

Scanner- any device for exposing an image on film, a sensitized plate, by tracing light along a series of many closely spaced parallel lines

Intel- intel corporation

Zip drive- hardware storage


Firewire- high performance serial bus

Microprocessor- an integrated computer that performs all the functions of a CPU

Flash card- a form of flash memory