hardware basics 0620
Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in
each of the black spaces below before clicking
on it to display the answer.
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| what is a storage device? | allows storage of data for use later, which can be internal or external storage.
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| ROM | is a permanent internal memory inside the computer system.
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| RAM | is a temporary memory that is designed to hold new data and is only available while the computer is turned on.
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| Sound Card | allows the input of sound into the computer
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| Pixal | is a single colored square thats in the computer screen.
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| hard disk drive | holds an large amount of information and is significant in the purchasing decisions of a new computer system.
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| USB drive/flash drives | this is a mobile storage device that can be plugged into the usb drive that has its own memory and can be used in more than one computer.
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| CD-R | allows the user to to record data once for storage purposes; compact disk. once the information is recored it can not be edited.
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| Firewire | provides a very fast connection to transfer large amount of data quickly.
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| Keyguards | are hard plastic covers with holes for each key on the keyboard.
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| input devices | allows you to enter data into the computer system.
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| touch pads/ trackballs | these are your built in mouses on laptops computers so that you can scroll on the computer.
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| kilobytes/megabytes/gigabytes | computer memory that is measured in the amount of information that it can hold.
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| control unit | retrieves the instructions and sends command signals to the rest of the computer systems to tell them what to do.
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| memory unit | allows the storage of information, is internal to the computer and is divided into two types of memory: RAM and ROM
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