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Computers2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cpu | Holds all of the circuit boards |
| BIOS | Wakes up the computer and reminds it what to do |
| Power supply | Gets electricity to the computer |
| Hard drive | Iformation in the computer is stored in its magnetic disks |
| Modem | connects computers and allows them to talk to each other |
| ROM | Can read but cannot write |
| Video card | Hadles the graphics displayed |
| Mother board | The brain of the computer |
| RAM | Can read and write but if the computer turns off it loses everything |
| Port | Hardware is plugged into this |
| power plug | puts power into the computer and provide power out of the monitor |
| Parallel port | Printer connector an electrical connector that sends information on wires |
| serial port | used to connect older or specialized devices to your computer |
| Network interface card | NIC an ehternet cable connection |
| Universal serial bus | USB and external bus that transfers Mbps |