what am I? Flashcards
information in the computer is stored on my magnetic cylinders.
hard drive
i can read and write: but if you turn off the computer, i forget everything.
RAM
i hold all of the other circuit boards.
mother board
i get electricity into the computer.
power supply
i handle the graphics that displayed on the monitor.
video card
other hardware ,like the keyboard or monitor , plugs into me.
port
memory is stored on chips located on the motherboard .
primary
memory is stored on chips in the hard drive.
secondary
a_ holds 1.44 MB of storage.
floppy disk
the process of reading and writing to hard or floppy disk is dont with _ and _.
electricity and magnetism
a _ usually stores about 650 MB.
CD
CDs use _ and _ to store data on the disks surface .
pits and lands
always keep _ awa from computers and floppy disks becasuse they can erase information.
magnets
the purpose of storage in a computer is to hold _ or inforation .
data
hard drives spain at 3600 or more .
RPM
a _ holds even more infromation than a CD.
DVD
a _ is a set of instructions that teolls the computer how to perfoem a specific task.
program
programs are like _ that allow people to work with computers without learning the computers language.
translators
useing bits and byes in different combinations to represent a code is known as .
programming
copying a program into your computers hard drive from another source is known as _the program .
installing
two ecamoles of programming languages are .
basic and pascal
some programs can be _ from the internet directly to your hand drive.
downloaded
ig you wanted to write a letter, you would use a _type of program .
word processing
computer games are _ programs.
entertainment