Question | Answer |
expansion cards | A circuit board inserted into a slot on the motherboard to enhance the capability of the computer, expansion cards. |
expansion slots | A narrow slot on the motherboard where an expansion card can be inserted. Expansion slots connect to a bus on the motherboard, expansion slot. |
firmware | Software that is permanently stored in a chip. The BIOS on a motherboard is an example of firmware,firmware. |
flash ROM | ROM that can be reprogrammed or changed without replacing chips,flash rom. |
floppy disk drive (FDD) | A drive that can hold either a 5 inch or 3 inch floppy disk. Also called floppy drive,floppy disk drive. |
floppy drive | See floppy disk drive (FDD),floppy drive. |
front side bus (FSB) | See system bus,frontside bus. |
gigahertz (GHz) | One thousand MHz, or one billion cycles per second, gigahertz. |
graphics card | See video card,graphics card. |
hard copy | Output from a printer to paper, hardcopy. |
hard disk drive (HDD) | See hard drive, hard disk drive. |
hard drive | The main secondary storage device of a PC. Two technologies are currently used by hard drives: magnetic and solid state. Also called a hard disk drive (HDD),hard drive. |
hardware | The physical components that constitute the computer system, such as the monitor, the keyboard, the motherboard, and the printer,hardware. |
hertz (Hz) | Unit of measurement for frequency, calculated in terms of vibrations, or cycles per second. For example, for 16–bit stereo sound, a frequency of 44,000Hz is used. See also megahertz,hertz. |
host bus | See memory bus or system bus,host bus. |
keyboard | A common input device through which data and instructions may be typed into computer memory,keyborard. |