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CMT Vocab Test 1 (rotations 2014) Flashcards

0
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BIOS

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Input and output operations

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AGP port

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Accelerated graphics port. Videocard to computer’s motherboard

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Bus

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Conductors carrying data, Control signals within computer system.

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Capacitor (caps)

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Used to store an electric charge

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CD-ROM

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A compact disc

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Chipset

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Circuits in electronic device such as motherboard or portable telephone

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CMOS

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Makes low power integrated circuit

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CMOS battery

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Keeps time and date in-check

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CPU

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Central processing unit

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CRT display monitor

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Cathode ray tube - containing one or more electron guns

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DVD-ROM

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Optical memory device for a computer system

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EIDE controller

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IDE drive controller standard

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Expansion bus

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Input/output pathway from the CPU to peripheral devices

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13
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Flat screen monitor

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Modern flat-panel displays use LCD technologies

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Floppy disc drive

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Magnetic storage for computer systems

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Hard disk drive

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Rigid magnetic disk for storing computer data

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Impact printer

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Prints by mechanical impacts

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Inkjet printer

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Characters are formed by minute jets of ink

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Interrupt request/ IRQ

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A hardware interrupt on PC

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Keyboard

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Panel of keys

20
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Laser printer

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Good-quality, printed material

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Modem

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A combined device for modulation and demodulation

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Motherboard

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A Printed circuit board

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NIC

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Network interface controller (hardware)

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Parallel port

A

A connector for a device

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PCI port

A

Peripheral component interconnect

26
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POST

A

Power on self test

27
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Power supply

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AC adapter or charger

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Printer

A

A machine

29
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Processor port

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(AKA PPN) processor port network

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PS/2 port

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Hardware interface- mouse & keyboard

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RAM

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Random access memory

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ROM

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Read-only memory

33
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Serial port

A

A computer by which a device that sends data

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Sound port

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Sound hole in the upper sound board

35
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System bus

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Single computer bus for the data transfer

36
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USB Port

A

Universal serial bus

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VGA Port

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Video graphics port

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