Career Prep Exam Review Flashcards
Is a set of instructions that tells that the computer what to do.
Software
Is a type of computer that serves up information to other computers on a network.
Server
Most common type of personal computer and it typically includes the Microsoft windows operating system.
PC
Made by Apple and they us Macos X Operating System.
MAC
Computer case. Monitor. Power Cord. Keyboard. Mouse.
Basic Parts of a Computer (list 5)
Main circuit board it holds the CPU, memory, hard drives, USB ports, etc.
Motherboard
Your computers short term memory, it disappears when the computer is turned off.
RAM
Is the data center of the computer,long therm storage.
Hard Drive
Cards help o boost the performance of an older computer. Ex-Video-what you can see. Sound Card- what you can hear.
Expansion Card(with examples).
Allows you to send information to the CPU to tell the computer what to do(keyboard, scanner) receives information from CPU and translates it into sounds or images we can understand. Ex- monitor, laser, printer.
Input and Output Devices- with examples
Official keyboard name
QWERTY
A place holder for data that might change.
Field
Text or graphics at the top of the page.
Header
Text or graphics printed at the bottom of the page.
Footer
Characters such as paragraph marks and tab symbols that are not printed on the document but can be displayed Kent e screen
Nonprinting Characters