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
chips
tiny circuit boards etched into silicon.
slots
they are connection points for cards or circuit boards
bus lines
are pathways for communication located on the motherboard (system board)
microprocessor
brains of the computer. Contains 2 components: the control unit and the arithmetic logic unit
CPU (central processing unit)
is contained on a single chip called the microprocessor
