Acronyms
Hardware
Ports
Storage
Misc
100
RAM
What is Random Access Memory?
100
Displays
What is the monitor?
100
White power connectors
What is Molex?
100
"Slice of pizza" on hard drive.
What is a sector?
100
First apple computer with gui.
What is Lisa?
200
USB
What is Universal Serial Bus
200
Distributes power
What is Power Supply Unit
200
The green 1/8 inch port.
What is the audio port?
200
Full "pizza" on hard drive.
What is platter?
200
Company that came up with the mouse.
What is Xerox?
300
CPU
What is Central Processor Unit?
300
Keeps the CPU cool
What is the Heat Sink and fan?
300
The port the mouse can be connected to (not the USB).
What is PS2?
300
Used to access memory.
What is RAM?
300
Cord to connect to television. Digital High-Def output.
What is HDMI?
400
CMOS
What is Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor?
400
The port Apple created to replace USB.
What is Firewire?
400
Smallest expansion slot.
What is PCI Express 16?
400
Older style port for hard drive.
What is IDE?
400
Keyboard shortcut used to cycle through windows on Windows 8?
What is Win key + Tab?
500
GPU
What is Graphic Processing Unit?
500
Acronym for the battery that stores memory.
What is CMOS?
500
15 pin for output of video.
What is VGA?
500
New port for hard drive.
What is SATA?
500
The college that Steve Jobs dropped out of.
What is Reed College?
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