ESD
Computer Basics
Computer Saftey
computer components
ESD saftey
100

This can occur when there is a buildup of an electric charge.

What is Electrostatic discharge?

100

This holds all the components to your computer.

What is a computer case?

100

Protecting hardware, data, and network infrastructure from real-world threats like theft, vandalism, natural disasters, and unauthorized access.

What is computer saftey?

100

GPU

Graphics Processing Unit

100

Safety device that prevents damage to sensitive electronics by creating a path for static electricity to safely dissipate from your body to the ground.

What is a anti static wrist strap?

200

These two tools help you ground your computer case.

What does A green grounding cable and A surge protector.

200

This is the central hub of A computer.

What is A motherboard?

200

By its edges, while wearing an anti-static wrist strap and touching the computer's metal case to ground yourself.

What is the best way to hold a computer component?

200

CPU

Central Processing Unit

200

 A wearable device designed to safely ground a person by dissipating static electricity to a conductive floor, preventing damage to sensitive electronic components.

What is a anti static ankle strap?

300

safety device that protects sensitive electronics by grounding the wearer

what is an anti static wrist strap?

300

This is A computes brain.

What is A cpu.

300

Press the release latch on the connector. Gently wiggle the connector back and forth, pulling up on the plug itself, NOT THE WIRES!!!!!

What is the best way to pull a cord out of a connector?

300

Converts external electrical power, such as wall outlet AC (alternating current), into the stable, regulated DC (direct current)

What is a power supply?

300

A surface used to protect people and electronic equipment by dissipating static electricity to the ground, preventing harmful electrostatic discharge.

What is a anti static mat?

400

These are the two types of ESD damage.

What is latent and catastrophic damage?

400

This a component used in electronic devices to dissipate heat and prevent overheating.

What is A heat sink?

400

cCrrupt data on an old spinning hard drive, damage a CRT monitor, or disrupt a fan motor.

What can a magnet do to a computer?

400

The main printed circuit board (PCB) in a computer.

What is a motherboard?

400

A controlled environment designed to prevent static electricity from damaging sensitive electronic components by grounding personnel, surfaces, and equipment.

What is a anti static work space?

500

This is the more costly of the two types of ESD damage.

What is latent damage?

500

This is the power house in A computer.

What is A power supply?

500

Plugging the computer's power supply into a grounded wall outlet, using an anti-static wrist strap connected to a grounded metal surface, and periodically touching a grounded object like a metal power strip or a copper pipe to discharge static electricity.

What are some of the best ways to ground a computer case?

500

Your computer's temporary, high-speed working memory that stores data and instructions for the operating system.

What is RAM?

500

 A specialized type of protective clothing designed to reduce the risk of static electricity buildup and discharge.

What is anti static?

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