By Jacob and Garrett
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
Help!
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| Hardware | Computer’s physical components
-Monitor, keyboard, memory, hard drive
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| Software | Instruction set
-Directs hardware to accomplish a task
Uses hardware for four basic functions
-Input, processing, storage, output
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| Binary number system | Stores and reads two states
-0 or 1, On or Off, True or False, etc
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| Bit | Short for “binary digit”, Smallest unit of computing
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| Byte | Eight bits, Used for counting, calculation, storage operations
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| American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) | Used for storing characters
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| Computer activity consists of... | Computer activity consists of input, processing, storage, and output
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| Primary input devices | Keyboard, mouse
Requires electricity from inside case
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| Primary output devices | Monitor: visually displays primary computer output
Printer: produces paper output (hard copy)
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| The Motherboard | Largest, most important circuit board
-Contains the CPU, expansion slots, other devices
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| Central processing unit (CPU) | Also called: processor, microprocessor
Reads input, processes data, writes data to storage
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| Chipset | Group of microchips on the motherboard controlling data flow
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| Primary storage (main memory) | Temporary storage used by the processor
Random Access Memory, Registers
Most common: dual inline memory module (DIMM)
Volatile memory – It loses whatever was being stored whenever it loses power
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| Secondary storage (permanent storage) | Enables data to persist after machine turned off
Examples: hard drive, CD, DVD, USB drive
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| Traces | Fine lines on top and bottom of the motherboard’s surface
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| Bus | System of pathways, transmission protocols
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| BIOS (basic input/output system) | Data and instructions stored on ROM chips
ROM BIOS chips: type of firmware
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| CMOS RAM | Includes date, time, port configurations
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| Flash ROM | ROM chips that can be overwritten
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| Parallel and serial ATA standards | Enable secondary storage devices to interface with the motherboard
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