Internal

Question 0

CPU

Answer 0

Central Processing Unit. Another name for the processor.
Chip continually being upgraded to speed up the computer.

Question 1

CO-PROCESSOR

Answer 1

Secondary processing chip designed to take over mathematical tasks leaving the main CPU to run the
computer.
Speeds up CAD and Modelling programs.
Also called Maths Chip.

Question 2

GRAPHIC CARD

Answer 2

An internal adapter to increase the resolution and refresh rate of a monitor.
Speeds up the screen redraw.

Question 3

GRAPHIC’S PROCESSOR

Answer 3

Special and additional processing unit. Deals only with graphics and video.
Used to speed up CAD, CAG and Modelling packages.

Question 4

HARD DISC

Answer 4

Spinning disc used to store information of all types within the computer.
Holds all the applications, data and operating system. Data can be written to and read from the disc quickly. Holds huge amounts of data which is stored safely.

Question 5

MEMORY

Answer 5

The part of the computer that holds the applications and data that are actually live.
Large amounts of memory (RAM) will make the computer more efficient.
Many different names SRAM, DRAM, etc. But only two main types: RAM and ROM.

Question 6

OPERATING SYSTEM

Answer 6

The background computer language that is used to run all the programs on.
The most popular is “Windows” although there are other more specialist operating systems.

Question 7

PROCESSOR

Answer 7

The microchip that runs the computer. Also called the CPU.

Question 8

RAM

Answer 8

Random Access Memory.
Computer memory that can be changed at any time.
After computer shutdown all data is lost.
The operating system will often use as much of this as it can to try and speed up your computer.
A large RAM will speed up your machine and any
program running on it.

Question 9

ROM

Answer 9

Read Only Memory.
Memory that can only be read - not changed.
Often has important parts of the Operating System in it to increase the speed of the computer and to stop these parts from being corrupted.