Power Supply
True or False? Every computer has some type of power supply.
True
Some sort of material, usually a metal, that has loosely bound electrons on the outermost layer of the atom
Conductor
Will Hard Drives lose data when power is lost?
No
Define RAM
Random Access Memory
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Battery power is measured in...
Watts
The Building Blocks of Everything in the Universe
Atoms
True or False? Hard Drives have greater storage capacity than ram.
True
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A system in place to prevent too much electricity going through the power supply. Shuts power supply off the moment it starts to overheat.
Overload Protection
The force that provokes the electrons to move in harmony.
The Platters
What happens to RAM when power is turned off?
It is erased. It is Volatile.
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Where do other components on the motherboard get electricity from?
Main Power Connector
3 Things inside of every element
Protons, Electrons, Neutrons
Groups of Pages are called a...
Block
What was the second widely used form of RAM?
Magnetic core memory
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What is the name of the standard power supply in all computers today?
ATX Power Supply
Movement or Flow of Electrically Charged Particles
Electric Current
What is Defragmentation
When a drive cannot allocate enough contiguous space for a file, it will break the file into chunks called fragments and store them wherever they can fit.
Who invented RAM
Robert Dennard
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