In each blank, try to type in the
word that is missing. If you've
typed in the correct word, the
blank will turn green.
If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Question: RAM Answer: Memory modules on the motherboard containing microchips used to temporarily hold data and programs while the CPU processes both. Information in RAM is lost when the PC is off. Question: ROM Answer: Chips that contain programming code and be erased. Question: S/PDIFAnswer: A sound port that connects to an external home theater audio system, digital output and the best signal quality. Question: secondary Answer: Storage that is remote to the CPU and permanently data, even when the PC is turned off, such as a hard drive. Question: serial Answer: An cabling method that uses a narrower and more reliable cable than the 80–conductor cable. See also parallel ATA. Question: portAnswer: A male or 25–pin port on a computer system used by slower I/O devices such as a mouse or modem. Data travels serially, one bit at a time, through the port. Serial ports are sometimes configured as COM1, COM2, COM3, or COM4. Question: Answer: Computer programs, or instructions to perform a specific task. Software may be BIOS, OSs, or applications software such as a or spreadsheet program. Question: solid state Answer: A hard drive that has no parts. Also see solid state device Question: startup Answer: Part of system BIOS that is responsible for controlling the PC when it is first turned on. Startup BIOS control over to the OS once it is loaded. Question: BIOSAnswer: BIOS located on the . Question: boardAnswer: See . Question: busAnswer: The bus the CPU and memory on the motherboard. The bus frequency in documentation is called the system speed, such as 400 MHz. Also called the memory bus, front–side bus, local bus, or host bus. Question: clockAnswer: A line on a bus that is dedicated to timing the activities of components connected to it. The system clock provides a continuous pulse that devices use to time themselves. Question: Answer: A wire on a board that connects two components or devices. Question: universal serial bus Answer: A type of port designed to make installation and configuration of I/O easy, providing room for as many as 127 devices daisy–chained together. Question: video Answer: An interface card installed in the computer to control visual output on a monitor. Also called display adapter or card. Question: memoryAnswer: Memory used by the video controller. The memory might be contained on a card or be part of system memory. When part of system memory, the memory is dedicated by Windows to video. Question: Answer: Refers to a kind of RAM that is , cannot hold data very long, and must be frequently refreshed. |
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