Mathieu Gauthier glossary
Mathieu Gauthier glossary
20 Gaming PC terms
My name is Mathieu I'm 18 years old, I live in Blainville, and I'm actually studying Social Science program at Lionel-Groulx College. This glossary will be on a bunch things who are related to gaming computer
- Computer case
- noun
- A computer case, also known as a computer chassis, tower, system unit, or cabinet, is the enclosure that contains most of the components of a personal computer.
- Computer fan
- noun
- A computer fan is any fan inside, or attached to, a computer case used for active cooling.
- DisplayPort cable
- noun
- DisplayPort is an interface for digital displays, particularly computer monitors.
- Gaming chair
- noun
- A gaming chair is a type of chair designed for the comfort of video gamers. They differ from most office chairs in having high backrest designed to support the upper back and shoulders.
- Gaming head set
- noun
- A gaming headset is used for talking with other players during a game. ... In particular, many headsets come equipped with microphones, used to communicate with teammates during online gaming.
- Gaming keyboard
- noun
- A computer keyboard designed for gamers.
- Gaming mice
- noun
- A gaming mouse is essentially a desktop mouse with additional functions to make it suited to computer gaming and high intensity programming.
- Graphics card
- noun
- A video card is an expansion card which generates a feed of output images to a display device.
- Hard drive
- noun
- A hard disk drive, hard disk, hard drive, or fixed disk is an electro-mechanical data storage device that stores and retrieves digital data using magnetic storage and one or more rigid rapidly rotating platters coated with magnetic material.
- Internet cable
- noun
- In telecommunications, cable Internet access, shortened to cable Internet, is a form of broadband Internet access which uses the same infrastructure as a cable television
- LED lights
- noun
- A light-emitting diode is a semiconductor light source that emits light when current flows through it.
- Monitor
- noun
- A computer monitor is an output device that displays information in pictorial form.
- Motherboard
- noun
- A motherboard is the main printed circuit board in general-purpose computers and other expandable systems. It holds and allows communication between many of the crucial electronic components of a system, such as the central processing unit and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals.
- Mousepad
- noun
- A mousepad is a surface for placing and moving a computer mouse.
- Power bar
- noun
- A power strip is a block of electrical sockets that attaches to the end of a flexible cable, allowing multiple electrical devices to be powered from a single electrical socket.
- Power suply
- noun
- A power supply is an electrical device that supplies electric power to an electrical load.
- Processor
- noun
- A central processing unit, also called a central processor, main processor or just processor, is the electronic circuitry within a computer that executes instructions that make up a computer program.
- RAM
- noun
- Random-access memory is a form of computer memory that can be read and changed in any order, typically used to store working data and machine code.
- Web cam
- noun
- A webcam is a video camera that feeds or streams an image or video in real time to or through a computer to a computer network, such as the Internet.
- XBOX controller
- noun
- The Xbox controller is the primary game controller for Microsoft's Xbox home video game console and was introduced at the Game Developers Conference in 2000.