Definitions 1
What is a motherboard?
The area of the hard drive temporarily used to store data
What is swap/paging file?
What does ROM stand for?
What is read-only memory?
Is permanently installed on your computer and is attached to the motherboard. Contains BIOS.
What is ROM?
A 16-bit coding scheme that is an extension of ASCII and can support 65,000 symbols and chararcters
What is Unicode?
Updated the instructions on a ROM chip
What is firmware?
BIOS contains _____ which runs diagnostics and tests all of the computer components
What is POST?
What does POST stand for?
What is power-on self test?
A number system that has two digits, 0 and 1
What is binary system?
A common storage medium that can store data magnetically or can use a solid state storage
What is a hard drive?
Memory that is lost when power is removed
What is volatile memory?
Communicates instructions and commands to a computer
What is input device?
What is nonvolatile memory?
Short for binary digit
What is a bit?
A hard drive without moving parts, and is faster and more durable than magnetic drives.
What is SSD?
As you run more apps simultaneously, more RAM will be required. When your device reaches its limit, it will begin swapping out contents to and from your hard drive. When this takes place, your computer is said to be using ____
What is virtual memory?
Conveys information from the computer to the user
What is output device?
What does RAM stand for?
What is random access memory?
Formed when 8 bits are grouped together; can represent a single character in the computer or mobile device
What is a byte?
What does SSD stand for?
What is solid state drive
BIOS contains information that tells the computer how to start. What does BIOS stand for?
A complex integrated circuit consisting of millions of electronic parts and is primarily responsible for converting data into meaningful information
What is CPU?
What does CPU stand for?
What is Central Processing Unit?
An 8-bit coding scheme (8 bits are used to represent uppercase and lowercase letters, mathematical operators, and logical operators
What is ASCII?
Includes CDs, DVDs, and Blu-ray discs
What is optical media?