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computers 2
Question | Answer |
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hard drive | Infromation in the computer is stored on my magnetic cylinders |
power supply | i get electricity intoo the computer |
BIOS | i wake up the computer and tell it what to do. |
RAM | I can read and write |
ROM | I can read but not write |
CPU | i am the brain of the computer |
Motherboard | i hold all of the other circuit boards |
Video card | i handle the graphics that are displayed on the monitor |
port | other hardware like the keyboard or monitor plugs into me |
modem | i connect computers and allow then to talk to each other |
power plug | used to provide power into the computer and provide power out to the monitor |
parallel port | a parallel port is an electrical connector that is used to send information on wires at the same time. |
serial port | used to connect older or specialized devices. send parts of a message, bar, code scanners |
network interface card | an ethernet cable conection |
universel serial bus | universal serial bus is an external bus that transfers Mbps |