VOTING -- ELECTIONS EQUIPMENT
COMPUTER Equipment Terms
General:
InPut equipment and methods: Keyboard, paper tape, punch cards, Mouse, floppy-disk, CD, Joy-Stick, Push-Button-Box, Scanner, Microphone, Touch-Screen, Network, Modem, FlashCards, SmartCards, Cable, WiFi (wireless).
OutPut equipment and methods: punch cards, floppy-disk, CD, printer, screen, loudspeaker, Network, Modem, FlashCards, SmartCards, Cable, WiFi (wireless).
Memory Storage: fixed-disk, floppy-disk, CD, RAM.
Programs, While in Creation: Source Code, Compiler (translator), Object Code.
Programs, While in Use: Object Code, Local Memory, Remote Memory.
Equipment For Voting:
At the traditional Polling Place.
At "home", by Absentee Ballot.
At special Voting Places.
At "home", by the Internet.
Equipment For Counting:
At the traditional Polling Place.
At an intermediary Elections Sub-Office.
At the Central Elections Office.
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