Start-up
Hardware
Hardware cont.
Operating System
Misc.
100
A "cold" boot, when a user pushes the on/off button.
What is a hard boot
100
Permanent, volatile memory.
What is Secondary Storage. (hard drive, CD, USB, Floppy)
100
Connection point for input/output devices.
What is a Port.
100
An OS manages hardware, runs applications, stores/retrieves files, and......
What is provides an interface for the user.
100
The hard drive gets its power from this.
What is Power Supply.
200
The BIOS, Operating System, and this must be working without errors for a PC to work properly.
What is Hardware.
200
Device not installed directly on the motherboard.
What is Peripheral device. (printer, CD-Rom drive, mouse, keyboard, scanner, speakers)
200
Uses a 6-pin or USB connection.
What is a Keyboard or Mouse.
200
GUI stands for?
What is Graphical User Interface.
200
Largest circuit board on the PC.
What is Motherboard.
300
The Operating System is most often loaded from this.
What is the C: Drive. (Hard Drive)
300
The group of microchips that control the flow of data to and from the CPU.
What is the Chipset.
300
Circuits or paths found on the motherboard that allow the flow of data to and from components.
What are Traces.
300
This was the first OS and was text driven.
What is DOS.
300
Converts instructions so hardware can understand.
What is Software.
400
Programming contained on the firmware chip that is responsible for locating an OS to load.
What is the startup BIOS.
400
Times the activities of the chips on the motherboard.
What is the System Clock.
400
True/False: A motherboard can accommodate up to 4 IDE devices?
What is True. (Serial ATA can have more than 4)
400
Name an alternative OS to Windows.
What is Unix or Linux.
400
In order to perform a computing task, software must use hardware for these 4 functions?
What is Input, Processing, Storage, Output.
500
The test that is performed by the startup BIOS to determine if it can communicate with the hardware components required for a successful boot.
What is POST.
500
1,000,000,000 cycles per second. (clock speed)
What is a Gigahertz (GHz).
500
This is considered hardware, but has permanent software contained on it.
What is the ROM chip. (software embedded into hardware is considered firmware)
500
Ineracts with hardware.
What is the Kernel. (Shell- part of the OS that relates the user and the applications)
500
Name the 3 types of BIOS.
What is System, Startup, CMOS.
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