Dividing a physical drive into separate logical drives, each with its own filesystem.

The power supply unit. Converts AC power from your wall outlet to DC power the computer components need.

That little area, usually bottom-right on Windows, that holds status icons and background apps.

Captures an image of your screen and copies it to the clipboard. Very useful for sharing!

Having multiple copies of data to prevent loss if one drive fails.

A versatile high-speed connector for add-in cards like GPUs, SSDs, capture cards, etc.

A text-based interface for running commands. Called Command Prompt on Windows, and Terminal on Mac.

Properly powers down the computer, saving data and closing programs first.

Network Attached Storage. A dedicated file server that provides storage over a network.

The Power-On Self Test. A series of quick checks the computer runs at startup.