A measure of storage equal to 1,024 megabytes

An organization of hardware and software designed to accomplish a data processing function.

A program for manipulating numbers in tabulate form. A grid, somewhat like a ledger sheet, is displayed.

The user tells the programmer what he/she wants to be able to do and the programmer writes a set of instructions (program) to the specific task for the particular user.

The words, symbols, or numbers which appear in visual form.

Designed to be markedly larger and/or faster than ordinary mainframe computers.

A quantitative evaluation of information contained in a company’s financial statements (i.e. balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement, etc) to determine the overall financial strength of a business.

Designed to be markedly larger and/or faster than ordinary mainframe computers.

A small computer designed to sit on a desk.

The information that is entered into a computer from an outside source. Data entered into a computer system for processing.