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Basic Computer Parts
Basic Computer Parts- Huggins
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Number system that uses only two values (0,1) to represent codes and data. | Binary System |
| A CD, DVD, or Blu-ray disc. | Optical disc |
| Hardware used for input, output, connectivity, or storage that you plug in or connect to your computer wirelessly such as a USB storage medium or printer. | Peripheral device |
| One billion cycles per second. How clock speed is measured. | Gigahertz (GHz) |
| A chip located on all motherboards that contains instructions and setup for how your system should boot and how it operates. | BIOS (Basic Input Output System) |
| A port used to connect an external device such as a keyboard, mouse, printer, smartphone, or external storage media. | Universal Serial Bus (USB) port |
| A type of barcode that looks like a matrix of black square dots. | QR (Quick Response) codes |
| Scans an embedded RFID tag to identify an object. | Radio Frequency Identification readers (RFID) |
| Is used when a computer's output needs to be projected on a large screen when making presentations to groups. | Video display projector (VDP) |
| Produce output by heating coated paper as the paper passes over the print head. | Thermal printers |
| Another name for Wi-Fi which is the name of the standard developed to facilitate wireless communication among several hardware providers. | 802.11Protocol |
| An external wireless adapter or USB mobile broadband stick. | USB dongle |
| Provides truer color representation; such as, on TV's. | Plasma |
| Does not use backlighting like LCDs do, making them far more energy efficient for any device that runs off batteries power. | Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) |
| Picture elements that make up the image shown on the display screen. | Pixels |
| Involves having multiple microprocessor chips, or a multi-core processor. | Parallel Processing |
| Wires that allow data to travel between the components on the motherboard to the CPU and memory. | Data buses |
| Electronic devices that present information from a computer visually | Video displays |
| Blueprints and technical drawings are often produced on these by moving one or more pens across the surface of the paper to produce the drawing. | Plotters |
| A flat-panel technology in various sizes upward from 20 inches. | Liquid Crystal Displays (LCD)? |
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