| accelerator board/card | acoustic coupler |
| analogue to digital converter | arithmetic and logic unit (ALU) |
| bar-code reader | bubblejet printer |
| bubble memory | buffer |
| bus | cache memory |
| card | CD-ROM |
| CD-RW (read-write) disk/drive | central processing unit (CPU) |
| chip | console |
| control unit | coprocessor |
| digital to analogue converter | digitizer |
| DIMM (dual inline memory module) | disk |
| disk drive | diskette |
| dot-matrix printer | drum scanner |
| DVD (digital videodisc) | dynamic memory |
| dynamic RAM (DRAM) | erasable programmable ROM (EPROM) |
| expansion card/board | fax modem |
| firmware | fixed disk |
| flash memory | floating-point unit (FPU) |
| floppy disk | graphics card |
| graphics pad | hard disk |
| hard drive | imagesetter |
| inkjet printer | input-output device |
| input-output port | joystick |
| keyboard | laser printer |
| light pen | line printer |
| maths coprocessor | memory |
| microprocessor | minidisc |
| minitower | mobo |
| modem | monitor |
| motherboard | mouse |
| mouse mat | non-volatile memory |
| optical disk | option card |
| plotter | port |
| printed circuit | printed circuit board (PCB) |
| printer | processor |
| random-access memory (RAM) | raster image processor (RIP) |
| read-only memory (ROM) | register |
| removable disk | scanner |
| sequencer | serial port |
| silicon chip | SIMM (single inline memory module) |
| software | solid-state memory |
| sound card | static RAM (SRAM) |
| synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) | tape streamer |
| terminal | TFT (thin film transistor) screen |
| touch pad | touch screen |
| trackball | transistor |
| video card | visual display unit (VDU) |
| voice synthesizer | wand |
| Winchester disk | Winchester disk drive |
| Zip disk (trademark) | Zip drive (trademark) |