Data organized into a grid of cells. Microsoft Excel’s XLSX is a de facto standard.

For slideshows and lectures. Microsoft’s PPTX is commonly used.

Lightweight data interchange format that’s easy for humans to read and write.

A lightweight markup language for formatting plain text. Used all over the web, including in this article!

Similar to JSON but strives to be even more human-friendly. Great for configuration files.

Where active programs and data get temporarily stored for quick access. More RAM means better multitasking.

Your computer’s long-term storage for files, programs, and the operating system itself.

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

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

The display screen. Comes in different sizes, resolutions, and panel types like LCD, LED, OLED.