Chapter 5 - The System Unit Flashcards
Flash memory
offers a combination of the features of RAM and ROM
VGA DVI ports
provide connections to monitors.
MIDI port
A port used for connecting musical instruments to a sound card.
Virtual memory
where large programs are divided into parts and they are stored on a secondary device, like a hard disk
Bus
A pathway for bits representing data and instructions
Power supply unit
located within the system unit, plugs into a standard wall outlet, converts AC to DC, and provides the power to drive all the system unit components.
What kind of cards are used to connect a computer to a network?
Network adapter
Unicode
A character encoding scheme allows non-english characters and special characters to be represented
The processing speed of a microprocessor is typically represented by its ______.
Clock speed
eSATA port
provides high speed connections for external hard-disk drives, optical disks, and other large secondary storage devices.
system unit
container that houses electronic parts that make up a computer
tower units
desktop units that are placed vertically
all-in-one
a desktop that has the monitor and system unit in the same case.
What is a system board?
The motherboard. It controls communications for the entire computer system.
sockets
they are a connection point for parts called chips
