Storage Devices
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Computer History
200
The lowest level of data storage, stored as either a one or a zero.
What is a bit
200
A 2008 computer-animated science fiction film that follows a solitary robot on a future, uninhabitable, deserted Earth, left to clean up garbage.
What is Wall-E
200
One of the easiest ways to improve your computer's performance is to add more of this type of memory chip
What is RAM
200
As a semiconductor that can either conduct or resist electricity, this element has become the raw material of computer chips
What is silicon
200
In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee developed a simple way for people to share information and communicate over the Internet
What is the World Wide Web
400
This type of storage drive provides non-volatile storage and fast data transfer speeds because it has no mechanical parts.
What is a solid state drive (SSD)
400
In "Attack of the Clones" and "Revenge of the Sith", this old Jedi master was entirely computer-generated
Who is Yoda
400
The main circuit board inside a computer that connects the different parts of a computer together
What is a motherboard
400
The 3-step sequence that the CPU follows to process instructions.
What is fetch-decode-execute
400
Robert Metcalfe was inducted into the Inventors' Hall of Fame for this computer network that sounds like an anesthetic
What is ethernet
600
A computer bus interface that connects the motherboard to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives, optical drives, and solid-state drives.
What is SATA or Serial ATA
600
A 1984 science fiction action film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg assassin sent back in time to kill Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton)
What is The Terminator
600
External devices such as the monitor, speakers, headphones, microphone, keyboard, mouse, and modem use this component to attach to the motherboard.
What are ports or expansion slots
600
The speed or cycles per second (“clock time”) of a CPU is measured in this unit
What is hertz
600
This system has a centralized database that can be used to run a company’s entire business and includes separate modules for accounting, finance, inventory, and human resources.
What is an Enterprise Resource Management or ERP
800
This long-term storage component stores information on magnetic platters and uses a read/write arm to transfer data
What is a hard drive
800
In "2001: A Space Odyssey", this computer is pleasant, logical, calm & deadly!
Who is HAL
800
RAM is generally installed in a personal computer through the use of this type of memory module.
What is Double Data Rate (DDR)
800
The part of the CPU that carries out the mathematical functions of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division
What is the arithmetic logic unit
800
This networking architecture popular in the 1980s allowed users to log in to the Local Area Network (LAN) from their PC by connecting to a central computer.
What is client-server
1000
Today it's easy connecting devices by using USB; older computers use 2 types of ports, parallel & this one
What is serial
1000
Laurence Fishburne shows computer hacker Keanu Reeves that the world isn't what it seems in this film
What is The Matrix
1000
This component of the motherboard provides much of the electrical connections between different computer components
What is the bus
1000
A chip with four independent units that read and execute central processing unit (CPU) instruction
What is quad-core
1000
These first business computers were room-sized monsters used primarily to organize and store large volumes of information that were tedious to manage by hand
What is a mainframe