Hardware Flashcards
1
Q
Hardware
Define
A
The physical components that make up a computer
2
Q
Hardware
Name all pieces of hardware you can
A
CPU
Peripherals
Storage
Memory
3
Q
Peripherals
Name as many as you can
A
Microphone
Keyboard
Mouse
Controller
Camera
Soundboard
Printer
4
Q
What connects the hardware components attached to the motherboard?
A
Buses
5
Q
Describe the boot sequence:
A
The BIOS is taken from ROM and put in RAM
It then runs the ‘self tests’, checking each component and checking if it is working
Then it loads the operating system from secondary storage into RAM
Then the operating system takes over
6
Q
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