9.1 Flashcards
A software component that allows a hardware device to communicate with the operating system of a computer.
Device driver
A short-range wireless communication technology that is able to operate without needing a direct line of sight between devices.
Bluetooth
A technology that uses radio waves to provide network connectivity.
Wireless Fidelity
(WiFi)
A plug-and-play interface that allows a computer to communicate with peripheral and other devices.
Universal Serial Bus
(USB)
A type of pin found on an integrated circuit that does not have a specific function.
General Purpose Input Output
(GPIO)
A network adapter (also called a network interface card or NIC) that connects a host to the network medium.
Network adapters
A standard for connecting computers and their peripherals; any piece of computer hardware that plugs directly into a PCI slot on a computer’s motherboard.
Peripheral Component Interconnect
(PCI)
A hardware device, such as a circuit board or integrated circuit adapter, that provides I/O processing and physical connectivity between a host system, such as a server, and a storage device.
Host bus adapter
(HBA)
A computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives.
A computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives.
A set of standards for physically connecting and transferring data between computers and peripheral devices.
Small Computer System Interface
(SCSI)
A peripheral device that accepts text and graphic output from a computer and transfers it onto a piece of paper.
Printers
is a technology that uses radio waves to provide network connectivity. A _____ connection is established using a wireless adapter to create hotspots - areas in the vicinity of a wireless router that are connected to the network and allow users to access internet services.
wifi
A computer’s primary output device is its display or _________. Videos, photos, emails, web pages, practically everything the computer processes is eventually output on the monitor.
monitors
______________ is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives. ____________ succeeded the earlier Parallel ATA (PATA) standard to become the predominant interface for storage devices.
Serial ATA (SATA)
is a computer or a program that, as part of its operation, relies on sending a request to another program or a computer hardware or software that accesses a service made available by a server (which may or may not be located on another computer). For example, web browsers are clients that connect to web servers and retrieve web pages for display.
A client
