Velleman K8055N USB Experiment Interface Board Electronics Kit

USB - Universal Serial Bus

Vista - A computer operating system from microsoft released in 2006

Digital - A system that uses only 0s and 1s to transmit data

Resolution - The number of pixels a device can display

PC - Personal Computer - an electronic device for acheiving multiple electronic tasks including word processing, emails and internet access

Analogue - A continuous signal in time with fluctuations in a measurable parametre to provide a signal

8-bit - 8 integers or data units. An 8-bit processor can acess 8-bits in a single operation.

USB - Universal Serial Bus. A method of connecting a device to a computer

Experiment - A procedure that is undergone to clarify facts and discover new unknown facts

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