Mobile Device Operating Systems
This Google-developed OS runs on over 70% of the world’s smartphones.
*(What is Android?)*
This short-range technology is used for hands-free calling and wireless earbuds.
*(What is Bluetooth?)*
This printer creates images by burning dots onto heat-sensitive paper.
*(What is a direct thermal printer?)*
When an app freezes, this is often your first move to fix it.
*(What is restart or reinstall the app?)*
This common office item should *never* be used to clean up toner.
*(What is compressed air?)*
This company is behind both iOS and iPadOS.
*(What is Apple?)*
You’re using this mobile feature when you let your laptop piggyback off your phone’s data connection.
*(What is tethering or a mobile hotspot?)*
You’ll find an imaging drum and toner inside this type of high-speed printer.
*(What is a laser printer?)*
You might suspect malware if you notice this kind of unusual battery behavior.
*(What is rapid power drain?)*
These handy printer kits often include toner, rollers, and instructions.
*(What are printer maintenance kits?)*
This was the last Android version to be named after a dessert.
*(What is Android Pie?)*
This unique number helps identify a mobile device on a cellular network.
*(What is an IMEI?)*
This impact printer still survives thanks to its ability to print multiple carbon copies at once.
*(What is a dot matrix printer?)*
This type of restart involves completely powering off and back on your mobile device.
*(What is a hard boot?)*
Inkjet printers do this manually, but laser printers typically do it automatically.
*(What is calibration?)*
You’ll need this Apple account to download apps from the App Store.
*(What is an Apple ID?)*
Apple Pay and Google Pay rely on this wireless tap-to-pay tech.
*(What is NFC?)*
This is where a 3D printer lays down melted plastic to build an object.
*(What is the print bed?)*
This laser printer part might be to blame for ghosted images on a printed page.
*(What is the imaging drum or fuser?)*
This feature helps ensure no one sees your print job until you’re standing at the printer.
*(What is secured printing?)*
This OS is designed specifically to enhance multitasking on Apple’s tablets.
*(What is iPadOS?)*
This type of network lets two devices connect directly, without a router or access point.
*(What is a Wi-Fi ad hoc network?)*
This component flips paper to allow printing on both sides.
*(What is a duplexing assembly?)*
This Windows service might need restarting if your print queue is stuck.
*(What is the print spooler?)*
Faded lines and dried nozzles can cause poor output from this type of printer.
*(What is an inkjet printer?)*