computer

Question 1

Power Supply

Answer 1

Internal computer component that converts line voltage power from an electrical outlet to the low-voltage direct current power needed by a system components

Question 2

AGP Port

Answer 2

Ports developed specifically for video cards

Question 3

BIOS

Answer 3

Basic input/Output System

Question 4

Bus

Answer 4

A communications system that transfers data between components inside a computer

Question 5

Capacitor

Answer 5

A cap on a computer motherboard that helps steady the flow of electricity throughout the board

Question 6

CD-ROM

Answer 6

A pre-pressed optical compact disc which contains data

Question 7

Chipset

Answer 7

A group of chips on the motherboard that controls the timing and the flow of data and instructions to and from the CPU

Question 8

CMOS

Answer 8

Complementary metal- oxide semiconductor is a chip which stores data for BIOS about hardware changes

Question 9

CMOS Battery

Answer 9

A lithium coin-cell battery enables CMOS RAM to hold configuration data, even while the main power to the computer is off

Question 10

CPU

Answer 10

The part of a computer that does most of the data processing

Question 11

CRT Display Monitor

Answer 11

A computer part that connects the the computer to display pictures

Question 12

DVD-ROM

Answer 12

A DVD disc that contains data that has been permanently stamped on the disk surface

Question 13

EIDE Controller

Answer 13

Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

Question 14

Expansion Bus

Answer 14

Allows the processor to communicate with peripherals

Question 15

Flat screen monitor

Answer 15

A flat screen Monitor is similar in almost every respect to traditional Cathode Ray Tube Monitors. The inly distinguishing feature is that the face of the picture tube is almost perfectly flat, not curved like older CRT’s

Question 16

Floppy disk Drive

Answer 16

A drive used for reading from and writing to removable floppy disks. Also called FDD

Question 17

Hard Drive Disk

Answer 17

Primary storage device located inside computer, where most files and programs are typically stored

Question 18

Impact Printer

Answer 18

A device that prints one or more characters at a time by physically impacting or hitting the ribbon to the paper

Question 19

InkJet Printer

Answer 19

Sprays ink through small hours to form words and images on paper

Question 20

IRQ

Answer 20

I message sent to the computer that instructs it to stop what it is doing and pay attention to something else. IRQ is often used to refer to the interrupt request number

Question 21

Keyboard

Answer 21

A computer input device that uses a set of keys to put data into the computer

Question 22

Laser Printer

Answer 22

Electrostatic printer that focuses a laser beam to form images that are transferred to paper electrostatics

Question 23

Modem

Answer 23

A device that allows one computer to talk to another

Question 24

NIC

Answer 24

Network Interface Controller

Question 25

Parallel Port

Answer 25

A socket at the back of a computer for connecting external equipment or peripherals, especially printers

Question 26

PCI Port

Answer 26

Peripheral Component Interconnect

Question 27

POST

Answer 27

Power on Self Test

Question 28

Printer

Answer 28

A machine that prints characters or other images on paper

Question 29

Processor Port

Answer 29

Serves as an interface between the computer and other computers or peripheral devices

Question 30

PS/2 Port

Answer 30

Connects a keyboard or a mount to a computer

Question 31

RAM

Answer 31

Random Access Memory

Question 32

ROM

Answer 32

Read-Only Memory

Question 33

Serial Port

Answer 33

A 9 or 25 pin port on a computer used by slower devices such as a mouse or modem, data travels serially one bit at a time through the port