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.