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floppy disk
removable disk storage medium
cathode ray tube
vacuum tube that can show moving pictures, vector graphics, or lines
punched card
paper-based recording medium
serial port
communication interface transmitting information sequentially
parallel port
an interface for connecting peripherals to computers, mainly used for connecting printers; was replaced by other technologies like USB and WLAN
Industry Standard Architecture
16-bit internal bus of the IBM PC/AT
game port
device port
IEEE 1284
set of IEEE standards relating to parallel peripheral interfaces
legacy system
old computing technology or system that remains in use and may be out of date or in need of replacement
PC speaker
internal loudspeaker in a computer producing beeps
monochrome monitor
computer monitor capable of displaying only two colors
Atari joystick port
computer port used for gaming controllers
LocalTalk
LocalTalk is a particular implementation of the physical layer of the AppleTalk networking system from Apple Computer.
AT keyboard
series of computer keyboards
USB-to-serial adapter
device for converting protocols
unit record equipment
electromechanical data processing machine
legacy port
antiquated computer port
CBM-Bus
serial bus of the home computers series of Commodore
AMX Mouse
computer mouse for ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro and Acorn Electron
magneto-optical drive
computer drive that uses removable MO media
Hardcard
right|thumb|200px|alt=A Hardcard 20 hard disk on a card with an acrylic cover for display purposes.|A Hardcard 20 hard disk on a card with an acrylic cover for display purposes. Hardcard is the genericized trademark for a hard disk drive, disk controller, and host adapter on an expansion card for a personal computer.