In each blank, try to type in the
word that is missing. If you've
typed in the correct word, the
blank will turn green.
If your not sure what answer should be entered, press the space bar and the next missing letter will be displayed. When you are all done, you should look back over all your answers and review the ones in red. These ones in red are the ones which you needed help on. Question: magnetic hard Answer: One of two technologies used by hard drives where data is stored as magnetic on disks that rotate at a high speed. The other technology is solid state drive Question: main Answer: See . Question: megahertzAnswer: One Hz, or one million cycles per second. See hertz Question: Answer: Physical microchips that can hold data and programming, located on the motherboard or cards. Question: Answer: See processing unit Question: monitorAnswer: The most commonly used output for displaying text and graphics on a computer. Question: motherboardAnswer: The main in the computer, Also called the system board. The CPU, ROM chips, DIMMs, RIMMs, and interface cards are plugged into the motherboard. Question: Answer: A pointing and input device that allows the user to move a cursor around a screen and select items with the of a button. Question: non–volatile Answer: nonvolatile – Refers to a kind of RAM that is stable and can hold data as long as electricity is powering the . Question: ATAAnswer: An older IDE cabling method that uses a 40–pin flat or data cable or an 80–conductor cable and a 40–pin IDE connector. See also serial ATA. Question: parallel Answer: A female 25–pin port on a computer that can transmit data in parallel, 8 bits at a time, and is usually used with a . The names for parallel ports are LPT1 and LPT2. Question: deviceAnswer: Devices that communicate with the CPU but are not located directly on the motherboard, such as the , floppy drive, printer, and mouse. Question: portAnswer: (1) As applied to services running on a computer, a number assigned to a process on a computer so that the process can be found by TCP/IP. Also a port address or port number. (2) Another name for an I/O address. See also I/O address. Question: power Answer: A box inside the computer case that supplies power to the motherboard and other installed devices. Power supplies provide 3.3, 5, and 12 DC. Also called a power supply unit Question: storageAnswer: Temporary storage on the motherboard used by the CPU to process data and instructions. Memory is primary storage. Question: printerAnswer: A peripheral output device that produces printed output to paper. Different types include dot matrix, ink–jet, and laser . Question: processorAnswer: See central unit Question: Answer: A set of step–by–step instructions to a computer. Some are burned directly into , while others are stored as program files. Programs are written in languages such as Visual Basic and C++. Question: protocolAnswer: A set of rules and standards that two entities use for . |
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