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**__Hardware Vocabulary__**
Reader is a device the "reads" pencil marks on NCS compatible scan forms such as surveys or test answer forms || **Quad core**-refers to a type of computer processor that has four individual cores.Each core works independently to perform the instructions generated by software.Computers that have a quad-core processor theoretically perform faster than those with just a single-core || waves rather than in electrical pulses || **USB Ports**-(Universal Serial Bus) are high-speed serial-bus architecture designed for desktops and portable computers. || a bus with 32 wires is called a 32-bit bus because it can transmit 32 bits of information at a time. || **FireWire Port**-are forms of a serial port that make use of FireWiretechnology to transfer data rapidly from one electronic device to another || __**Poadcast**__
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 * **OMR**-(Optical Mark Reader) The Optical Mark
 * **optical computer**-transmits information in light
 * **system buses**- have 32 or 64 wires or data paths

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