Peripherals And Ports

Question 1

USB

Answer 1

Universal Serial Bus devices. Most common are 2.0, 3.0 and 3.1.

Question 2

Drivers

Answer 2

Contains instructions for our CPU to understand external devices like keyboards and mice.

Question 3

BIOS or Basic input output services

Answer 3

Software that helps initialize the hardware and gets our operating system up and running.

Question 4

ROM

Answer 4

Read only memory chip. Store in motherboard. Where BIOS are kept. Won’t erase data when computer is turned off unlike RAM.

Question 5

UEFI or Unified Extensible Firmware Interface

Answer 5

Performs same function of BIOS but it’s more modern and has better compatibility support for newer hardware.

Question 6

POST or Power-on Self Test

Answer 6

A test to make sure all the hardware is working correctly and what hardware is on the computer. Tan before BIOs start. 1 beep good. 2 beeps bad.

Question 7

CMOS chip

Answer 7

Stores basic data about boosting your computer like date, time, and how u want it to start up. Can be changed by u in settings.

Question 8

Disk image

Answer 8

A copy of the operating system.

Question 9

Reimaging

Answer 9

Involves wiping and reinstalling and operating system. Typically perform from some external device like a USB memory stick or CD-ROM or server accessible through the network.