Computer Basics
Bits and Bytes
CPU and Memory #1 (CPU)
CPU and Memory #2 (CPU and Memory)
Miscellaneous
100
Laptop and Desktop
What are two types of personal computers?
100
1024 bytes (approximately 1000 bytes)
How many Kilobytes are in a Megabyte? (accept answers: How many MB are in a GB? etc.)
100
CPU
What is the acronym for central processing unit?
100
USB port (hint: don't think too hard)
What is a type of port?
100
Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs
Who were the first founders of Apple?
200
Personal Computer
What does PC stand for?
200
8 bits (hint: difference between bits and bytes)
What is 1 byte?
200
Read-only memory
What does ROM stand for?
200
SD card
What is a type of expansion card?
200
Solid-State-Drive
What does SSD stand for?
300
Mouse and Keboard
What are two types of input devices?
300
One million bytes (hint: 1____byte)
What is a megabyte?
300
Random Access Memory
What is the acronym for RAM?
300
Groups of wires where information travels between components
What are buses?
300
Able to be used with an older piece of hardware or software without special adaptation or modification.
What does backward compatible mean?
400
Speaker and Monitor
What are two types of output devices?
400
0 and 1
What two numbers do binary number system use?
400
The part of the computer that contains the CPU and is considered as the "brain" of the computer.
What is a motherboard?
400
Symmetric multiprocessing or multiprocessing. (Hint: ______ processing)
What is another word used for parallel processing?
400
By turning the monitor, hardware, and CPU to lower power.
How can you save battery in a laptop computer?
500
Input, processing, output, and storage.
What are four major functions of the computer?
500
ASCII and Unicode
What are two most widely used codes made up of bits?
500
The acronym for the computer's memory that needs to be instantly available to the CPU
What is RAM?
500
Gigahertz (GHz)
What is the unit, which is used to measure a computer's clock speed?
500
The timing device that produces electrical pulses to synchronize a computer's operations
Clock
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