Interm. Progr. vocab Word Scramble
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Definitions | Terms |
Chip inside the computer that performs most data processing (not abbreviated, typed out) | Central processing unit |
Group of microchips on the motherboard that control timing and data flow | Chipset |
Converts AC voltage external source to DC voltage | Power supply |
Battery on the motherboard that includes the date, time, and port configurations | CMOS RAM |
System of pathways on which data and electrical power move (non-plural) | Bus |
Circuits mounted in expansion slots | Expansion cards |
The largest, most important circuit board | Motherboard |
The faster of the two in a chipset | Northbridge |
Holds anticipated data and instructions needed by controller (two words) | Memory cache |
Temporary storage used by the processor (not RAM, 2 words) | Primary memory |
Enables data to persist after machine turned off | Secondary memory |
Temporary, can’t hold data very long and must be refreshed | Volatile memory |
Stable, can hold data as long as electricity is powering the memory | Non-volatile memory |
When a processor contains more than one ALU | Multiprocessing |
Small holding areas on processor chip | Registers |
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