1. la calculadora- calculator
2. la cámara digital (de video)- digital (video) camera
3. el canal- (TV) channel
4. la contestadora- answering machine
5. el estéreo- stereo
6. el fax- fax (machine)
7. la televisión por cable- cable television
8. el tocadiscos compacto- compact disk player
9. el video (casete)- video(cassette)
10. el archivo- file
11. arroba- @ symbol
12. la dirección electrónico- e-mail address
13. Internet- Internet
14. el mensaje de texto- text message
15. la página principal- home page
16. el proramma de computación- software
17. la red- network; Web
18. el sitio web- website
19. apagar- to turn off
20. borrar- to erase
21. descargar- to download
22. funcionar- to work
23. grabar- to record
24. guardar- to save
25. imprimir- to print
26. llamar- to call
27. navegar (en Internet)- to surf (the Internet)
28. poner, prender- to turn on
29. quemar- to burn (a CD)
30. sonar (o:ue)- to ring
31. descompuesto/a- not working; out of order
32. lento/a- slow
33. lleno/a- full
34. el televisor- television set
35. la pantalla- screen
36. el reproductor de DVD- DVD player
37. la videocasetera- VCR
38. la impresora- printer
39. el (teléfono) celular- cell phone
40. la computadora (portátil)- (portable) computer; (laptop)
41. el ratón- mouse
42. el monitor- (computer monitor)
43. el teclado- keyboard
44. el cederrón- CD-ROM
45. el disco compacto- compact disk
46. el reproductor de MP3- MP3 player
47. el control remoto- remote control
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