Similar to ROM except that it can be written to more than once.
What is flash memory?
100
They are Sender, Channel, Receiver, and Protocols.
What is the four essential components of data communications?
100
Handles the transmission protocol between a computer and its peripheral devices, and a computer program that can establish communication because it contains information about the characteristics of your computer and of the device.
What is device driver (or simply driver)?
100
Transmits data one bit at a time
What is serial port?
100
Keyboard port, audio connection, monitor port, USB ports, speakers and microphone connections, power connections, mouse port, FireWire port, Network port, and Phone line connection.
What is computer ports and connections?
200
Small, portable cards encased in hard plastic to which data can be written and rewritten, and used in digital cameras, handheld computers, video game controllers, and other devices.
What is flash memory cards?
200
It is the computer that originates the message.
What is sender?
200
The data path between the microprocessor, RAM, and the peripherals along which communication travels.
What is data bus?
200
Provides an interface for one or more peripheral devices at the same port.
What is SCSI (small computer system interface, pronounced “scuzzy”) port?
200
Connects one computer to other computers and peripheral devices.
What is network?
300
Popular type of flash memory, available in a wide range of sizes from 32 MB to 16 GB, plug directly into the USB port of a personal computer, and are about the size of a pack of gum and often have a ring that you can attach to your key chain
What is USB flash storage device (USB drive, flash drive)?
300
It is sent over a channel, such as a telephone.
What is message?
300
They needed to connect a printer to a computer: printer port, cable, port, motherboard, expansion slots, and controller card.
What is components?
300
A high-speed serial port which allows multiple connections at the same port
What is USB (Universal Serial Bus) port?
300
Creates a communications channel between the computer and the network, and a cable connects the NIC port to the network.
What is Network interface card (NIC)?
400
CD-ROMs are for “read-only” access, CD-R drives allow you to record data on a CD-R disk, CD-RW drives allow you to write data on a CD-RW disk and access and modify data, and DVD-R and DVD+R are recordable.
What is erasing and Rewriting on CDs and DVDs?
400
It is the computer at the message’s destination.
What is the receiver?
400
They have several types of ports: Parallel, Serial, SCSI, USB, MIDI, and Ethernet.
What is PCs?
400
Usually includes jacks for speakers and a microphone, which are designed to work with a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface, pronounced “middy”) card.
What is sound card port?
400
Establishes the communications protocols that will be observed on the network, and controls the traffic flow of data traveling through the network.
What is network software?
500
It is the transmission of text, numeric, voice, or video data from one computer to another.
What is data communications?
500
They are the rules that establish the transfer of data between sender and receiver.
What is protocols?
500
Transmits data eight bits at a time
What is parallel port?
500
Used to connect to another computer, a LAN, a modem, or sometimes directly to the Internet; allows data to be transmitted at high speeds.
What is Ethernet port?
500
Acts as the central storage location for programs and provides mass storage for most of the data used on the network.